Word: costelloism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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People began to ask questions about the campaign in the Solomons. Had it been wisely planned and wisely executed? Had the men behind the lines given the men on Guadalcanal a fair chance to hold and to win? From Congressman John Costello, a member of the House Military Affairs (Army) Committee, came an extreme expression of such doubts and questions: "Whether the unified board of strategy in Washington determined upon this invasion of the Solomons I know not, but if they determined upon that invasion and did not work out a better program of conducting that attack than has been...
...evening was S-O Edward C. Bunker, regimental commander, who introduced Robinson and his competitor, the school's own tap dance artist, S-O W. Bartley Chase. The show was part of a regular series of weekly events which began last Week with the shimmies of Diosa Costello. The next show will probably be a smoker on Monday...
...Freshman Smoker was never like this. All Jinx Falkenburg did was stand and talk. Now that Yardlings are in uniform, Smokers are different. Diosa Costello didn't just stand, and she spoke a different language...
Following a flowery introduction by the emcee, S-O Robert K. Allen, Miss Costello appeared in the modern equivalent of a set of palm leaves. Her first number at the Hasty Pudding Club last night, theoretically a rumba, might better be called a belly dance for want of a more inclusive definition. There were words, in Spanish, and she punctuated the more erotic parts with cires of "Eat your hearts out!" and "Teeembah...
With Diosa Costello, New York's glamorous entertainer, as their star, the Naval Training School will bring together all its local talent for the benefit of Navy wives, mothers, and sweethearts tonight at the Hasty Pudding Club...