Word: companion
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Annapolis-educated Lewis Brereton: to umbrella the invasion. Made Companion of the Order of the Bath last November, the General still wears baggy pants and an old sweater under his flying suit. His old habit of turning up unexpectedly at his medium-bomber and fighter stations has a new twist: now he leaves a trail of red printed placards which read "Keep Mobile-Brereton...
...André Pierre paused in his work to test an iron grille before the mouth of a small branch drain. The bars came away in his hand. He crawled in, found his lantern shining across packets of freshly printed bank notes. André thought it wise to summon his companion, Marcel Dumesnil. The men understood at once that they had achieved the impossible, gained unchallenged entry to the burglarproof subterranean vaults of the Banque de France. Swiftly they helped themselves to 25 million francs in 1,000-franc notes...
That radio in general, not merely soap opera, is the American woman's home companion was confirmed by Hooper's finding that at almost any hour of the day or night more women are listening than men and children combined...
...ravenous meal of the day-a truckdriver's helping of Irish stew or rare roast beef. Their respective jobs keep her and Ensign Richard Ney (Mrs. Miniver's son; they married last July) from seeing much of each other. Miss Carson's most constant companion is her mother...
...leaning back in his chair and puffing contentedly on his pipe, tell of his longing to return to Louisiana and shoot ducks. He talks incessantly about his family of eight children, is openly proud of the fact that five of his six boys are in service. His ever-present companion is a dachshund, Joe, a veteran of the China air lanes. He likes to dig in his garden, pitch for the headquarters' softball team. His indoor game: poker...