Word: squealing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...city, he managed to stop traffic on Fifth Avenue.* He also delivered himself of an opinion on the Marshall Plan which disclosed that he had not altogether forgotten the paternity suit against him (TIME, March 15): "When it comes a-weanin' time [those European countries] are gonna squeal. You ever weaned a baby, honey? No? You try it, honey...
...radio programs just as they subscribe to newspapers and periodicals. For a proposed 5? a day ($18.25 a year) subscribers could tune in on three types of FM broadcasts, all without advertising: 1) continuous classical music; 2) continuous popular music; 3) news, dramatic and educational programs. A broadcast "pig squeal" would prevent nonsubscribers from listening in; a device to silence the squeal would be attached to subscribers' sets...
Radiomen who like radio the way it is have an outraged squeal of their own ("Narrowcasting!") at the whole idea. "This plan," they charge, "destroys freedom of the air! . . .It introduces a poll tax into radio." To which one SRadioman has replied, "On the contrary. . . . Those who don't wish to pay 5? a day will have their full share of advertising-sponsored programs. . . . The greater the choice afforded the listener the greater the freedom...
Insulation for non-musical Yardling cars from the sound of brass and the squeal of bagpipes was assured last night by William C. Murphy '46 3L, secretary of the Union, who announced that Holden Chapel will now be available as an afternoon practice room for Freshmen virtuosi...
Although the maintenance men come by appointment, they are used to seeing bare sunbathers jump up, let.out a squeal, and do a header into a towel. At the home of one Hollywood star (first magnitude), the maintenance man often finds her with a male guest, necking at the poolside. Says the imperturbable workman: "We just work around...