Word: crackerjacks
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...first: secure lines before tactical missions. Fresh from a tour which took in Egypt, Britain, India and Russia, he probably knew more about problems of Allied cooperation than any other U.S. officer. Grey-haired, dapper, popular, he has not let desk duties ground him, and he is still a crackerjack fighter pilot...
...slick cast. As sly Sam Spade, a hot-&-cold private detective who doesn't bat an eye while committing the heroine (Mary Astor) he loves to the pen, Bad Man Humphrey Bogart gives the performance of his career. Close behind him is an aging (61), solid (280 lb.), crackerjack Broadway actor (Sydney Greenstreet) making his first movie a shivery success. Making a trio with this pair is slight, saccharine, sinister Peter Lorre, whose mere presence would turn a bedtime story macabre...
Last week St. Petersburg staged its eleventh annual shuffleboard tournament. Lined up to compete for the four national titles-Men's and Women's Open (open to anyone), Men's and Women's Closed (closed to anyone under 50)-were nearly 200 crackerjack shufflers. Unlike most national championships, this tournament was marked by fun and frolic. Spectators and contestants chatted back & forth, on every subject from the blizzards back home to next summer's crops. A stray dog scampered on to the courts, gave the players a merry chase. When a shower started, everyone adjourned...
...receivership in 1934. Its investors lost millions. Director Roosevelt had resigned (in the fall of 1928) to run for Governor of New York. For the time being the Roosevelt interest in slot machines waned, and almost undisputed kingpin of the U. S. slot and vending machine trade (pinball games, crackerjack machines, juke boxes) was once more Chicago's Mills Novelty...
...taught not only to fly, but to fight. Heavyweight Boxer Len Harvey (himself an R. A. F. sergeant) teaches them how to take it on the chin. Psychologists teach them how to make the most of their brains and nerves. Officers teach them to respect the authority of such crackerjack leaders as their Chief of Air Staff, Sir Cyril Newall...