Word: aced
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Wright never let his opponents attempt an uprising against his hurling, and only the very lucky or very skilled managed to reach him for hits. He was backed up by a good fielding team; who behind such an ace, found it hard to lose a ballgame...
...Gates. Germany's visible reaction to this situation was one of unconcealed gloom and alarm. Lieut. General Kurt Diettmar, ace German military commentator, admitted in a somber radio analysis for his people that the enemy was "at the gates" of the Fatherland, that Germany was facing vast attacks on three fronts by Allied forces superior in men and materials. Other spokesmen seemed almost to vie with each other in gloom...
...coming off an escort job near Evreux, Gabby spotted three low-flying Germans, prodded one of them into a steep, twisting climb, chased him into a cloud and out again, shot him down in flames. Thus, with 28 victims, Colonel Gabreski became-for a while, at least-top U.S. ace...
...Gabreski's 28th victory, Wing Commander James Edgar ("Johnny'') Johnson, leading R.A.F. ace, batted down two more enemy planes to bring his score...
...book of the same name, the movie tells of a slightly slap-happy draftee who can never do the right thing. He salutes back sergeants and smiles benignly at majors and colonels. Hargrove! Clean those garbage cans! Hargrove, played by Robert Walker, falls into the company of an ace goldbrick, Keenan Wynn, whose shrewdness is exceeded only by his ability to make a sucker of Hargrove. As a result of the goldbrick's efforts, the hard luck private accidently acquires a sweetheart, is transferred to a soft job, and then rejoins his old company when he learns that they...