Word: zip
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...envelopes. But sometimes apparent trouble is easy to solve. While working on George Abbott's Best Foot Forward, Walker was approached by Gene Kelly, who staged the dances for the show. Kelly had definite ideas. Roared he: "The orchestra should go de-bump-bump-bump, wha-ah, crash, zip, bang, de-bump, de-bump, bzzzz, wham!" It's got to be terrific, an earthquake, a tidal wave, the end of the world!" Walker nodded quietly, went back to his office and came up with the Paramount-Public-Fox finish. Kelly was beside himself with delight...
...pilot's license. For his administrative work he earned the admiration of Manuel Quezon, who subsequently pinned a D.S.C. of the Philippines on him. But it was when he came back to the U.S. in 1940 that the hard-working Kansan began to zip...
...once the Abbott zip has outsmarted itself. When it makes with the feet, Beat the Band is enjoyable, but the general effect of the show is one of high-pressuring rather than high spirits. It suffers from too many vitamins and not enough food. The book, which tells of an explosive bandleader (Jack Whiting) who impersonates the godfather of a young thing (Susan Miller) with whom he falls in love, is silly, dull, and slower than a tightwad reaching for the check. The gags are frightful. The lyrics are forced. Composer Green (Body & Soul, I'm Yours) has turned...
Resplendent in shining gold pants and blue jerseys, the Navy pranced onto the Stadium grass yesterday with all the spirit of a high school squad, and ran through signals in a snappy, precise manner. Earlier the Crimson, with an equal amount of zip and drive, had pranced through plays, and had a look at some of Crowley's favorites. After the signal drills, sideline observers expressed the opinion that, while the Crimson gridders were more skilled at handling the pigskin, the Cloudbusters had it all over them in individual power and ability...
Reese went to work with a staff of efficiency engineers, reorganized the company from basement to smokestack. He built up a glib-tongued sales staff, put zip into a faltering aviation-engine division, concentrated all operations in the Muskegon plant, slashed monthly operating expenses $75,000. Soon bigtime customers like Sears, Roebuck, J. I. Case and Checker Cab came back into the fold. In 1940, sales rose 50% to $10,908,000 and the company earned $612,000 v. the preceding year's $215,000 deficit...