Word: companion
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...same prank which replaced Lowell's picture with a Goya portrait of a woman in a Victory suit, the Bellboys' exhibit case was filled with open books bearing such titles as "The Bedroom Companion, or a Cold Night's Entertainment" and "The Freshman...
...Another crew, forced down in the wilds of New Guinea, slept in their plane, awoke next morning to find themselves surrounded by little G-strung men who carried wicked three-foot knives. An airman from Coweta, Okla., shivering from dengue fever, and his hale companion from Springfield, Ill. both got good care, found they were among benevolent neutrals. Said one of the natives: "Jap come, we friend him; white man come, we friend...
General Stilwell is a soldier's officer, whose one passion is leading and training troops. His mouth is thin, his face hard and decisive beneath greying black hair. Fast of foot and mind, General Stilwell is forever barking: "Yah-Yah!" when his thoughts leap ahead of a companion's words. When they jump far ahead, he barks in triplicate...
clouds, But no more the travel companion...
Vincent Astor, 50, millionaire yachting companion of President Roosevelt, went on active duty as a full commander in the Third Naval District (around New York City). The Navy said his duties were secret...