Word: wonders
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...cocky, talkative Happy Chandler, always ready to go a few rounds when the spotlight is on. Happy Chandler had appeared in the Senate ring, on occasion, as anti-British, anti-Russian, anti-New Deal. This time he was anti-rich folks. Cried he: "Mr. President, I sometimes wonder who won the election. . . . Instead of poor folks obtaining jobs, the Wall Street boys are obtaining jobs, and we are clearing everything with Harry Hopkins. ... I know very little about these nominees, [but] there are some questions I should like...
...black, wearing a black velvet hat modeled after the one she wore as Portia in an 1887 production of The Merchant of Venice, Miss Marlowe read a poem (in a strong, full, ringing contralto) written by her husband, replied, when asked what she thought-of the modern theater, "I wonder if what I think matters...
Gunder ("The Wonder") Hägg, hollow-cheeked Swedish track star, ordered to report for military training in the" Swedish Army, reported for duty one day late, gave as excuse the statement that his charwoman had mislaid the induction notice, was promptly given five days in the guardhouse...
...Seven Lively Arts (produced by Billy Rose) had been ballyhooed for months to sound like the eighth wonder of the world. The production, what with buying and brilliantining the historic Ziegfeld Theater, cost $1,350,000. The show had a record-breaking advance ticket sale of $550,000. It opened at a $24 top, with enough big names on the program for a vest-pocket Who's Who, enough plushy people in the audience for a reception to royalty. And in the crowded lounge during intermission, with flunkeys passing champagne, it looked like...
...long as anyone can remember, Willie Hoppe (rhymes with sloppy) has been a synonym for billiards. When he was twelve, way back when Jim Jeffries ruled heavyweight boxing, Willie was the original boy wonder. The year after Ty Cobb broke into the majors, Willie Hoppe brought the world's 18.1 balkline championship home from Paris. Now 57, greying William Frederick Hoppe is not only the last of the sport giants, but goes right on being one. In only one respect has he slowed down: he no longer jogs around Manhattan's Central Park reservoir to keep in trim...