Word: goldfish
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...nightclub star he is magnificent. At the straight comic setpieces - the dancing and delivery of the bangtwanging Bali Boogie; the impersonation of a Russian baritone in Laocoonic struggle between his hay fever and Otchi Tchorniya; a glistening little telephonic imitation of a pet shop in full cry, including goldfish; and the hilarious opera climax - Kaye is a great but still growing virtuoso...
...among the Animalcules. Less than 1/125th of an inch long and shaped like the sole of a lady's slipper, Paramecium bursaria or the slipper animalcule is a comparatively large member of the class Infusoria-a family of hairy, one-celled animals that swarm in lily ponds, goldfish bowls, and even in water glasses on the best dining tables. Paramecium, because of its size and fecundity (two generations a day), is a favorite subject for the study of unicellular life. Dr. Jennings, whose private laboratory is cluttered with his favorite "critters," believes they also provide important keys...
Died. Edgar Selwyn, 68, cinema and stage producer; of cerebral hemorrhage; in Hollywood. Long on Broadway, he started as a film producer in 1912, put the "wyn" in Goldwyn when he merged with Samuel Goldfish in 1916. Director of Helen Hayes's Oscar-winning movie (The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931), Selwyn's best-known Broadway productions were Why Marry (1917-first Pulitzer Prize play), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1926), The Wookey...
Then they started talking, about the wonders of Cambridge, and the inevitable contrast with life at sea . . . "Two of us in a room that would hold thirty on a ship" . . . "The guys told me I'd have to eat goldfish" . . . "It's going to be tough taking math after seven years" . . . "I'm going to work like hell at the beginning to get on to this stuff" . . . "After just looking at this place I want to stick" . . . "Wonder if they'll give us credit towards a degree...
...pretty much the same as another when you're out at around 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning," Collins explains. "It doesn't make much difference whether you're keeping an eye on the court rooms of the Law School or watching the goldfish at the Biology laboratory...