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...rice and sweet potato fields of Okinawa creep over the slate volcanic soil, covering the shell holes and the bloodstained caves where two great armies fought for eleven weeks. Weeds cover the charred foundations of what once were neat stone houses. Near by rise clusters of lean-tos made of cloth, battered boards and castoff American corrugated iron...
Baby & Buggy. While "frip" has replaced "lousy" in the South, "hairy" seems to be the coming word for it on the West Coast. In Denver, socially boresome classmates formerly referred to as "creeps" are now called "meals"; a "sizzle" is a general term describing anyone from a creep to a showoff. In Chicago, last year's "D.D.T." (drop dead twice) is still fashionable; the dangling "but," sounded with rising inflection on the end of any declaration or question, is new there. Example: "Where you goin', but?" In Detroit, high school girls now talk of the "goofs...
...eliminate errors that might creep into answer sheets during type-setting and printing of permanent records, the results are printed directly to pages which can be photographed and printed by offset lithography for publication by the University Press...
When the Black Magic caught up with Shirley May, Reporter Musel climbed up in the rigging, relayed his tardy report to U.P. by walkie-talkie. An eager-beaver Mutual newscaster tried to creep down beside Shirley May for a waterside interview, but she was too busy. From the Black Magic's deck, Frank Sinatra records beamed encouragement to the struggling swimmer: "Down & down I go, round & round I go, like a leaf that's caught in the tide . . . under That Old Black Magic . . ." The Red Commodore also relayed a message from young (18) Briton Philip Mickman...
...Bronx, Tri-Boro Motors Inc. offered an allowance of $500 "on any truck that will run, creep or crawl into our lot," or $300 on any horse, mule or goat traded in on the purchase of a new Ford truck...