Word: duds
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...James and his band), 3) Canada (large Technicolor hunks of Lake Louise, where the action takes place). The addition of an Eskimo and a penguin would have made the show still more hemispheric in scope, but Springtime in the Rockies, though it had its moments, is something of a dud...
From the start, Private Hargrove (a former reporter on the Charlotte News) was something of a dud when it came to neatness, drill, getting up on time. He spent most of his early days on K.P. and ether punitive details...
...welder need belong to more than one union to work anywhere in any shipyard," sputtered from Washington: "Shocking act of disloyalty." A.F. of L. officials raised their hands in holy horror. Public opinion fell on the welders' heads like a ton of bricks. The strike call was a dud. Only a scattering from a few Pacific Coast yards responded to it. At one yard last week A.F. of L. boilermakers charged out and dispersed a straggling picket line...
...other side of the picture, the Mitres also have a devastating passing attack, centered around Dud Miller. Half back Donovan is on the receiving end, of many of Miller's heaves, and excells at ball-carrying as well. In one game, he scored 18 points on plays that carried from 40 to 20 yards apiece...
...national hero that Des Moines outburst now makes him a national "dud" and probably the most unpopular national figure in America. I should think he would retire from the public limelight just as quickly as it takes to pack up and go home...