Word: sticking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...this week there was no body of information available to British press or public on which any such charges as those of Richard Stokes could be made to stick in a court of law. But everyone was hearing stories of disgruntled contractors who complained of price rigging on Government contracts by successful rival contractors...
...morning, Vag felt unpleasantly nomadic; therefore he climbed the steps of Appleton, leaned his head against one of the massive pillars, and fell into deep thought. Somehow Vag began to think about Shakespeare. Probably this was because of a remark made by one of his instructors which seemed to stick in his mind. The instructor had said with great fervor and obvious fondness for the great poet that Shakespeare is as much alive today as he was in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Exciting--Vag thought--if the immortal bard were really to come to life again...
...coming out from under its spell, some of them must have wondered if Director Frank Caprahad been reading late great Secretary of State John Hay's outburst to Henry Adams: "You can't use tact with a Congressman! A Congressman is a hog! You must take a stick and hit him on the snout...
Among the principals, Pert Kelton creates a slight hiatus with her renditions of "Stick to Your Arithmetic" and "I Was Afraid of That"; if you shut your eyes, Mr. Dixon's voice and tapping is entertaining--but these two score against very mediocre competition. Miss Martin is torrid only when she is coy, but her part herein demands that she be frigid, and hence her occasional attempts at coyness only serve to make her appear ridiculously childish. Furthermore, she has no song suited to either her voice or her personality, and she looks ill and overworked...
...choosy about their songs. By last week British tunesmiths had turned out a tremendous stack of war songs, were waiting to see which ones would click. Most of these musical munitions were rousing, morale-boosting ditties (The Handsome Territorial, The Girl Who Loves a Soldier, We Must All Stick Together, Here We Go Again, etc.) hip-hip-hooraying the soldier's life. Others (Adolf, You've Bitten Off More Than You Can Chew, by Annette Mills, writer of Boomps-a-Daisy, and The Man Who Looks Like Charlie Chaplin) poked ridicule at the enemy. Two songs with different...