The old saying “you are what you eat” may need an addendum: “you sleep how you eat.”
Dear Donna: A Pinup So Swell She Kept G.I. Mail
By LARRY ROHTER
Recently released letters from soldiers to Donna Reed, the actress and archetypal sweetheart of the 1940s, offer a candid glimpse of a vanished era.
Bettie Page, Queen of Pinups, Dies at 85
By ROBERT D. McFADDEN
Ms. Page appeared in men’s magazines in the 1950s, setting the stage for the sexual revolution of the ’60s.
Nonetheless, the divide between battlefront and home front seems to be widening. When I returned from Iraq in January, after reporting there for about 18 months on and off, I found myself stunned by the war’s lack of impact on people’s lives or thoughts.
ad·den·dum
(ə-dĕn′dəm)self-praise
IN BRIEF: n. - Speaking of your own actions in superlatives.
Quote:
"Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble." — John Madden
battlefront
(băt'l-frŭnt')
n.- The line or sector in which armed forces engage in combat.
- The area where opponents meet or clash: a struggle on social and economic battlefronts.
verb [T] -nn-
to shock or surprise someone very much:
News of the disaster stunned people throughout the world.
She was stunned by the amount of support she received from well-wishers.
Verb[edit]
stun (third-person singular simple present stuns, present participle stunning, simple past and past participle stunned)
- (transitive) To incapacitate; especially by inducing disorientation or unconsciousness.
- Bill tried to stun the snake by striking it on the head.
- In many European countries cattle have to be stunned before slaughtering.
- (transitive) To shock or surprise.
- The celebrity was stunned to find herself confronted with unfounded allegiations on the front page of a newspaper.
- He stood there stunned, looking at the beautiful, breath-taking sunrise.
- (snooker, billiards) To hit the cue ball so that it slides without topspin or backspin (and with or without sidespin) and continues at a natural angle after contact with the object ball
stunned
adjective
They stood in stunned silence beside the bodies.
I am stunned and saddened by this news.
stunning
adjective
All the ideas have a stunning simplicity.
See also stunning.
stunningly
adverb
He's stunningly naive for a person of his age.
Meaning of astounded – Learner’s Dictionary
pin-up
noun [C]
1 a picture of a sexually attractive and usually famous person, especially someone wearing few clothes:
Every wall in her bedroom was covered with pin-ups of her favourite pop star.
2 INFORMAL a person who is seen in pin-ups:
With his perfect college-boy looks, he's the latest teenage pin-up.
noun [C]
1 a picture of a sexually attractive and usually famous person, especially someone wearing few clothes:
Every wall in her bedroom was covered with pin-ups of her favourite pop star.
2 INFORMAL a person who is seen in pin-ups:
With his perfect college-boy looks, he's the latest teenage pin-up.
Pin-up model - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin-up_model
A pin-up model is a model whose mass-produced pictures see wide appeal as popular culture. Pin-ups are intended for informal display, i.e. meant to be "
swell
adj. Informal., swell·er, swell·est.
- Fashionably elegant; stylish.
- Excellent; wonderful: had a swell time.
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