Word: candidate
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Charlie gets away with a candid vein of comment which is unprecedented in radio. Via a small-boy character (which helps), Bergen manages a titillating form of malice-without-malice. To judge by his audiences, it is all hugely satisfying to the U.S. public. Charlie called Gossipist Louella Parsons an "old blabbermouth," while confiding in an aside that "everything will be all over town tomorrow." He referred to Emily Post as "a vulture for culture" and dismissed her with: "It's been a charming evening. By the way, Miss Emily, you don't have a toothpick...
High Gear for Ford. Next day the newsmen traveled to Willow Run, sat down with Ford executives for lunch. There they got a shock. Ray Rausch, the plump, candid production boss of the Rouge plant, calmly predicted that the Ford company would turn out its first cars two months after...
Item 3--The changing of the guard is a thing watched with some interest. It's our candid and we hope not inopportune prediction that we'll see Louie Swain as Battalion Commander, Charlie Hebden as sub commander, Bill Harrington as Company 1 commander, and Dave Schneider as Company 2 commander. However, don't blame us if Lieutenant Toune has a different taste in cadence counting...
Russia. Russians can fight. Besides, they have changed for the better ("remarkable broadening . . . the religious side of Russian life has had a wonderful rebirth ... an atmosphere of candid friendliness...
Plans for the year Book are now being acted on. Yet more pictures are needed. As it is now, the Junior section on candid shots will be much larger than ours due to their preponderance of personal prints. Boxes have been placed in all the entries to receive your pictures. Any picture will do. All pictures will be returned in perfect condition...