Word: descriptive
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...G.I.s were slow to reciprocate the Pyle devotion. In the field Ernie, ab normally sensitive to cold, wraps his skin ny frame in as many thicknesses of non descript clothes as he can lay hands on, makes himself look like a ready-made butt for jokes. At first the G.I.s plagued the funny-looking little man unmercifully, "scrounging" (i.e., swiping) his blankets and water, knocking off his helmet to reveal the wad of toilet paper always kept there, ridiculing his passion for orderliness and his perpetual puttering, pouncing on him in howling droves when he modestly retired behind a bush...
...Theresa ("Teri") Wassertauer Behrens. 44, secretary of the International Center Y.W.C.A., was known in Detroit as "that nice social worker." Shrewd, non descript Mrs. Behrens is the real-life version of that colorless character which seasoned spy-thriller readers have learned to watch with misgivings. Jailed, she refused food. FBI hinted that she might be the most sinister figure...
...Look, prisoners, thousands of them.' Down below me, out of the smoke veiling scattered olive trees, I saw a black mass of figures advancing. A Britisher with bayonet over his shoulder, a wide grin on his face, headed the column of 2,000 prisoners. The Italians wore non descript dress: some blue, some grey, some brown, some in knickers, some in shorts, some in long pants, one without any pants. At the end of the column were about 50 Germans, well dressed, grim and dour, as unhappy about being captured as the Italians were happy." In the next...