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...still carries a large lump in back of his left ear from approaching a pretty girl in Times Square during the '20s. "Good afternoon, madam-" he had no more than begun when, blam!, something pile-driving hit him from behind. Jimmy turned over and literally threw a punch from the pavement. After the cops had pulled Jimmy out of the crowd and heard his explanation, they told him to beat it and returned to chafing the wrists and temples of the girl's escort...
When he liked an actress' work he used to say: "She gives me a lump." Being a sentimentalist, he was the natural companion of George M. Cohan. He met Mr. Cohan at a picnic in 1904, and before the day was over made him a producing partner. The partnership lasted 16 years and gave Broadway 50 shows. The first was Little Johnny Jones, and in it George Cohan sang for the first time Give My Regards to Broadway and The Yankee Doodle...
George M. Cohan was at Sam's apartment a few hours after his death. He couldn't talk to reporters. It gave him a lump...
Winston: One lump...
...spoke last week a man who loves the Navy much, who carries a lump of sea salt in his mouth. For Winston Churchill such a statement was a kind of concession. But it was one which he had to make. By last week the Army-especially the one right at home-was very much on the British mind. Defense against invasion was again the biggest concern...