Word: breathing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Onlookers were confused as to whether they were watching the Chicago bears and Green Bay Packers playing football or getting an eyeful of the Tunisian Campaign. Luckily to blood was drawn; however, 39 years old officer candidates kelly was seen two hours inter still attempting to each his breath which had evidently been scattered to the four winds. The major loss of the evening was Lt. Ericksen's pride...
...keeping with the dimensions of the place, the session is expanded to more than double the size of the last one. Definitely coming are, hold your breath: Coleman Hawkins and Pete Brown again; Teddy Wilson's Band minus Teddy but including Edmund Hall, clarinet, Benny Morton, Trombone, Johnny Williams, bass, Sidney Catlett, drums, and Emmettt Berry, trumpet; Frankie Newton and some of his old band, such as Ernie Trooman, and possibly Vic Dickenson...
...South Pacific revealed that 60-year-old Major General Olayton Barney Vogel of the Marines is commanding an amphibious force under Admiral William Frederick Halsey, also 60. Burly General Vogel carries the most notable bay window in the Marine Corps, yet he has been known to wear the breath out of younger, slim-waisted officers. A strict disciplinarian in the field, Barney Vogel is an inveterate party goer and party giver-a combination of inclinations usually not found in the Marine Corps. Experience gained in the jungles of Nicaragua and the mountains of Haiti should serve him well...
...keeping with the dimensions of the place, the session is expanded to more than double the size of the last one. Definitely coming are, hold your breath: Coleman Hawkins and Pete Brown again; Teddy Wilson's band minus Teddy, but including Edmund Hall, clarinet, Benny Morton, trombone, Johnny Williams, bass, Sidney Catlett drums, and Emmett Berry, trumpet; Frankie Newton and some of his old band, such as Ernie Trottman, and possibly Vic Dickenson...
Thrashing their way through the hundred-odd titles suggested by far-flung enthusiasts for the new serviceman's weekly, harrassed Crimson editors finally came up for breath last night, with the winning title for the paper, and the name of the reciplent of a $25 war bond...