Word: epical
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Little Time. Almost from his birth in Brooklyn, Feb. 18, 1898, Hadden's career as an editorial prodigy progressed, according to Busch, "with the speed and directness of an arrow." As a moppet he entertained his family with such epic poems as The Mouse's Party, which ran to 142 stanzas because its author was out to outdo The Ancient Mariner. At Brooklyn's Polytechnic Prep, he put out a handwritten gossip sheet called The Daily Glonk. But he did not really want to be an editor; he yearned to be another Ty Cobb. Though an inept...
...Epic Operation...
...moving of the transmitter was a "truly epic operation," according to D. Benton Minnich '51, Network wire chief. Since only a steam trench connects Claverly to Apley Hall, it was not possible to lay the tape by hand through this stretch as is done in steam tunnels. Hence a pipe had to be jammed through the trench, and the tape forced through the pipe...
...Marquand's latest epic has been reviewed in all of the important magazines, his face has graced the covers of two of them in the same week, and the royalties will undoubtedly make him a much richer man than he already is. Even more than in his previous novels, he deals with a subject which will interest millions of people who can easily fit themselves into the place of Charley Gray, Mr. Marquand's protagonist. In addition, "Point of No Return" is written in a style so slick and even that one glides through it effortlessly, like sliding down...
...companion feature is a Cisco Kid epic, with Leo Carillo and Duncan Renaldo. Fet's a good wan to meess, ch, Cisco...