Word: card
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...John Delves ("Sir Jock") Broughton, 57. An old Etonian, he had inherited his ancestral Doddington Park in Cheshire, and a half-million pounds, from a recluse relative. An ardent racing fan, he had served through World War I in the Irish Guards, where he was known as the best card player in the officers' mess. Early in 1940, after 26 years of marriage, Sir Jock had been divorced by Lady Broughton, an avid sportswoman who kept a private...
...used to live, in fact, on Nicolson's Kentish estate.) "Before the war, Lindbergh's opinion of the British people was, 'You're fine but you are getting soft.' Now, after every bad raid, I have the great pleasure of sending him a post card saying, 'Do you still think we are soft?' Lindbergh does not answer these cards but I like sending them...
Barbara Standwyck plays the part of a girl descended from a long line of card sharks, and does a neat job of trimming Henry Fonda. The latter gives an entirely convincing picture of a man who has been up the Amazon and away from women one year too long. There will never be another actor who can be as dumb and pliable in the hands of a determined woman...
...snake-specialist son of a millionaire brewer. Returning from an Amazon snake hunt, on the ship he falls in love with a member of a card-sharping trio (Barbara Stanwyck) who has stroked his hair, tickled his ears and seemed eager at just the right moments. Says he in the midst of her seductions: "It's funny to be kneeling here at your feet talking about beer." She comes to feel just the way she seems, but temporarily conceals her past to protect her partners. When Fonda finds out, he gives her up. Out for revenge, she arranges...
...period did Harvard score. Then the makeshift second line of Dick Noone at center with Gordie McGrath and Bob Cox on the wings turned the trick. After passing the puck around in Yale territory for a while, Noone saw fit to let one fly at the Bulldog goaler, Sophomore Card Meyer, who had started in place of Bud Kleckhefer, out with a broken bone in his face. Meyer blocked the shot, but McGrath pounced on the rebound for the initial Crimson tally...