Word: flash
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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That night the Generalissimo gave a dinner for the Ambassador; it was an impressively cordial affair. Only one mishap marred the occasion. A photographer's flash bulb exploded within a foot of T. V. Soong's ear. Fragments of glass showered his shoulder. He made a face, then swiftly regained his composure. The Generalissimo did not bat an eyelash. Next day the Chungking press unanimously agreed that "Hurley is a friend of China...
...November 1943 the U.S. freighter Volunteer, crammed with explosives, lay at anchor in Halifax Harbor. Suddenly she caught fire. If she blew up, she would probably blow up a good deal of Halifax too. At first her crew fought the flames with extinguishers, finally broke wireless silence to flash an S O S. The Navy's harbor master, Commander (now Captain) Owen Robertson, rushed aboard with a special crew. But still the fire gained...
Outwardly there was little splash or glitter-few limousines or evening clothes, and a wartime, 6:30 curtain. But tickets were priced above rubies, the lobbies were a mass of craning necks and exploding flash bulbs. Last week Alfred Lunt & Lynn Fontanne gave London one of its biggest first nights since the war began...
...first camera was an aluminum-cased affair which was taken to the bottom by iron ballast attached to a block of rock salt. An extending "trigger" rod stopped the camera at the correct height above the bottom for proper focus, and in doing so automatically set off a flash bulb and snapped the shutter. When the salt dissolved, the camera was freed from the ballast and bobbed to the surface...
...exam contests have left for the armed forces, have graduated, or have been transferred to other V-12 schools. Lost for the remainder of the season are Bill Sweeney, hard-hitting tackle, whom the Navy has transferred; Jim Crane, regular center, who has graduated from the NROTC; Freshman flash at wingback Glen Schultz, who has gone into the Armed Services; and Walt Coulson, another Frosh standout, starting end and number one punter for the squad, who has also left for the armed forces...