Word: chained
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Burgomaster Max was a short, slim & trim bachelor with a sharp eye for a pretty face or ankle. Sporting a torpedo beard and boulevardier's mustache, he was a gay cock sparrow in silk hat, frock coat and gold chain, the idol of the citizenry. As familiar to Bruxellois as his magnificent whiskers was his series of white pinschers, all called "Happy...
...When Brussels was about to fall, he put on his top hat, frock coat and gold chain, drove out to meet the German Army, insisted to the commanding general that he be allowed to send a telegram to the Kaiser. The request granted, Burgomaster Max reminded the Kaiser of former hospitality received in Brussels, urged him to respect the city...
...eight years since the first licensed Drive-In opened for business, the then crackpot cinema sideline has expanded into a $3,000,000 industry supporting 52 theaters, with twelve others abuilding and 50 more contracted for. Most of them are in the temperate South, whose largest chain, George Wilby & Associates, is so sold on Drive-Ins that it is liquidating its indoor cinemas. Despite the fact that producers refuse to sell Drive-Ins anything but old A pictures, punk Bs and westerns, most of them manage to make a respectable profit. Evidence that the producers may change their minds...
...close of the Second Army's maneuvers in Tennessee (TIME, June 23, et seq.), Lieut. General Ben Lear's harshest words were aimed at "the chain of command"-meaning the officers through whom orders are transmitted from the C.O. to every buck private in the field. Said...
...Unless the chain of command can be perfected . . . disastrous embarrassments and failures will be encountered during battle. Front-line capabilities of the Army's officers should and must receive the attention of all officers. I regret to say that our chain of command is weak-weak to the extent that if this condition is allowed to continue, the chain, at its weak links, will break whenever an emergency imposes a heavy load...