Word: worming
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...those of us who write the news, it seems eminently desirable that there should be a special word to designate the perennial botherations of a stripe that can be really expressed only as an ilk, who, when their published statements get them into trouble, try to worm out by declaring loudly that they have been misquoted...
...added complication that the odious Prince William of Gleck is the proposed husband for Princess Anne in a forthcoming diplomatic romance. Just about this time the king gets the constitution out of the dust-covered files and reads it, every word. He then proceeds to prove that the worm can turn (in his own humble way, of course), and that the meek inherit the earth...
...metal trades have proved intractable. Creatures whom Il Duce considers "socalled business men" have exceeded metal quotas approved by the State in speculative efforts to cut each other's throats. The silk trade, on the other hand, reached a pass of despair last year in which honest worm raisers began to burn their mulberry trees. The State stopped that with a bounty of one lira per kilogram of cocoons, but the silk, metal and several other trades must be thoroughly overhauled. Such jobs take money. Hence last week the $50,000,000 loan...
Isabel Paterson writes book reviews for the Manhattan Herald Tribune, is principally noted for her weekly columns of literary chatter, "Turns With a Book-worm." In spare moments she writes novels, of which Never Ask the End is the latest and will apparently be the most successful (it is the Literary Guild choice for January). Many a reader who admires Authoress Paterson's flip, common-sensical newspaper way will shake a puzzled head over Never...
...skimmed the surface of real drama and literature. They have no foundation on which to base any satisfactory evaluation of the movies' actual place in the history of the theatre. Aside from the harmful effects of regarding the movies as something of artistic value, this new plan indicates a worm's eye view of the eternal verities which if assimilated would mark the present generation of school children with the Hollywood curse for life...