Word: dashings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Southern Front, but orders which considerably mystified correspondents last week stopped both in their tracks. At the headquarters of Old de Bono rumors were thicker than gnats. Some correspondents cabled that a camel corps of 20,000 men was being organized in the southwestern corner of Eritrea for a dash, not at any of the main Ethiopian positions but at Britain's "sphere of influence" in the general direction of Lake Tana...
...banded with vane-like "Venetian" (blind) louvers. Water and oil caps are under a cowl lid on the right, matching a cowl ventilator on the left. Front lights are retractable like an airplane's landing gear, disappearing into the fenders when little cranks are turned on the dash. On convertible models, the top disappears into a covered compartment behind the seat, leaving nothing exposed to offer wind resistance. Since the four-speed transmission is ahead of the V-8 engine, and propeller shaft is eliminated, Cord was able to lower the floor without ridging it in the middle. Centre...
...Square, the Playgoer moves upon Times Square. The New York boards are teeming with activity, and there are no many worthy productions that the be-Bostoned conductor of this column is all in a dither with an embarrassment of riches to recommend to his Princeton-bound public. With a dash of courage let's have at this long list of theatrical diversions...
This poppycock is acted with such dash and ingratiating crudness that the show proves a succession of highly amusing situations productive of constant laughter. Teddy Hart, Jean Casto, Hume Cronyn and Betty Field stand out in a cast which is admirably fitted, physically and vocally for the strenuous activities of "Three Men on a Horse." It's the McCoy...
Like all platforms, purposes, political speeches, and prospectuses, the statement of the general objectives of the new Cambridge Union of University Teachers leaves the reader filled with enthusiasm. The natural reaction is to dash right out and vote for somebody, or buy something...