Word: docs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...similarly chilling material given Comic Bert Lahr and Patter Merchant Doc Rockwell leaves them no choice but to freeze with it. Although Ballerina Alicia Markova rises above an unexciting Stravinsky ballet to display her dazzling technique, she misses the final magic of her dancing. Benny Goodman, as usual, toots his clarinet with equal skill in a hot ensemble and a classical solo...
...battled Army's powerhouse on even terms. Then West Point's T began to explode-despite the slippery footing which several times threw off the fine T timing. Quarterback Doug Kenna found a soft spot in the center of Navy's line, sent Plebe-Fullback Felix ("Doc") Blanchard bulling through. When the Midshipmen closed up to plug the gap, Army blockers-with Blanchard generally in the van-shook Speedster Glenn Davis loose on the flanks. As they had done all year, Army's swivel-hipped backs went for distance once they got in the clear. Halfback...
...ferocious block by Fullback Felix ("Doc") Blanchard* helped Quarterback Doug ("Hard Luck") Kenna sweep right end for the opening touchdown. It was Army's first touchdown against Notre Dame in five years, and it stimulated the killer instinct in the Cadets' cheering section. "Get more ... get more," they chanted, and the West Pointers poured it on. Halfback Glenn Davis, with All-America stamped all over him, carried the ball eight times for 83 yards, scored three touchdowns. As the avalanche rolled on, the Cadet rooters changed their chant to: "Hit 'em again ... hit 'em again...
...Walls' first crop came in 1936, a year of drought and despair. Iowa was seared by sun and heat. The rivers dried up, the corn wilted, the oats burned into worthlessness. Wall sold the two brood sows for $30 to pay Doc Brinker's bill for delivering Joan, their first baby. Then he went on WPA to earn money for food and interest on the bank loan...
...night last week "Doc's" luck ran out. A flying bomb crashed on him and killed...