Word: burstingly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first Zero was easy. Smitty sent a burst into the Jap's rear and the plane fell into the sea off Guadalcanal. Then Smitty spotted another, attacking the wingman of his Marine squadron. He banked sharply, caught the Zero full in his sights and that was two down in almost as many minutes. Telling about the exploit, Smitty was carefully casual...
Whether Schmidt's burst was bad-tempered carelessness or a balloon to find out whether neutrals were still afraid of Germany, the answer was the Zurich Volksrecht's headline: "Wir machen nicht mit!" ("We won't play ball...
...been modestly playing what he calls "society music" (jazzed up Chopin and Debussy) at Los Angeles' Jonathan Club. Now he is being fought over by several Hollywood studios, is already signed up for a Warner Brothers musical called Thank Your Lucky Star. Says "Spike" of this sudden burst of popularity: "Gee, the prices are getting so high I have to make them repeat their offers three times before I can believe them...
...Nashville to sing at a war rally. She was met by local dignitaries. Crowds cheered as she tripped down a red carpet from the train to the biggest limousine in town. A motorcycle corps escorted her as the procession swirled into Church Street-Nashville's Fifth Avenue. Dinah burst into tears, could not sing a note...
...amateur actresses. Helen Sanderson, as another other woman, trips several times in the first act, but recovers her poise before the damage becomes irreparable. The men are weak spots in the performance, except for John Rand '43, whose three-minute bit in the last act won an appreciative burst of applause...