Word: dykes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Liberals have gone as far as, or farther than, Laborites in expressing revolutionary war aims. Liberal Leader Sir Archibald Sinclair has made it clear that he sees eye-to-eye with Laborite Attlee. Most influential M.P. in war-aims councils is tall, thick, bespectacled Sir Richard Thomas Dyke Acland. a Liberal. At Manchester last December he said: "We are fighting, not to restore the old order, but to establish the real democracy, economic as well as political. . . . There must be common ownership of great resources . . . because without this we cannot move forward to a new way of life based...
...took the Hollywood Marines to open a brand-new topic. Fortnight ago, the 22nd Battalion of the Marine Corps Reserves under the command of wiry, abrupt, outspoken Major W. S. ("Woody") Van Dyke II, ace M. G. M. director, was ordered to San Diego for active service. It was a great moment for Woody Van Dyke, who loves pomp and patriotism even more than pictures. Last fall he hung the stars and stripes outside his studio office, tacked up a sign proclaiming it a Marine recruiting station. After Thursday-night drills with his outfit, Woody would stride into Chasen...
Just as the Hollywood Marines were about to board the train, a swarm of process servers descended with writs for 15 of the men. Major Van Dyke exploded, declared he would turn the whole matter over to his attorney, Mabel Walker Willebrandt...
David R. Saunders. Claremont, California; Philip R. Shutt, Huntington, Indians; Harold W. Smith, Massillon, Ohio; DeForest Spencer, Jr., Minneapolis, Minesota; Jackson L. Thatcher, West Monroe, Lonisiana; Milton D. Van Dyke, Portales, New Mexico; Parker D. Wyman, Lake Forest, Illinois, and Richard G. Yalman, Columbus, Ohio...
...that a "candlefish is a small fish of the smelt family, used by the Pacific Coast Indians for its oil. The oil burns readily and very brightly and has a terrible odor." Runner-up in popularity to Gerard on the two programs so far is 13-year-old Van Dyke Tiers. Pacing right along, last week Van Dyke showed his speed by fully explaining PK4 (a chess term). Thirteen-year-old Mary Ann Anderson, a high scorer on the first program, placed fourth on the second quiz. Mary Ann was asked to identify the term FM (frequency modulation), quipped...