Word: chipper
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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John J. Pershing's adjutant, pooh-poohing a radio report that the 87-year-old general was critically ill, described the patient as "chipper and cheerful...
Died. Douglas H. Cooke, 61, onetime publisher of Leslie's Weekly, Judge, and the old Life magazine; of a heart ailment; in Manhattan. In the '20s, he printed the chipper early works of Robert Benchley and John Held Jr., turned conservative when the magazines and the era folded, became a publisher of hospital magazines...
There was still plenty of confusion in the newspaper offices and mistakes in the papers. "Making a correction is such an involved process," said one editor, "that we don't do it unless it's libel." But the publishers were chipper enough to think they would win their fight for a signed contract, instead of the unilateral conditions of employment - and closed shop -the I.T.U. had tried to impose...
...second team, however, there was a large sprinkling of this year's opposition. Among those chosen was Fred "Bull" Nadherny, who accompanies the Chipper in the backfield...
...possibility of Chip Gannon's emerging as a tripe-threat back developed after the Chipper had gotten off some long, rainbow boots in the kicking practice. Noonan, Moffie, and Leo Flynn shared the passing chores, and when Soldiers Field finally blacked out, the squad moved under the floodlights for signal drills...