Word: flirts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...were grave and sodden. The 19 women kept an insolent composure. There was prune-faced Juana Borman (whose wolfhound liked to tear prisoners to pieces). There was wispy-haired Anna Hampel (who, according to one witness, had a crush on a French internee. "She tried to flirt with him, but he was reluctant, so she beat him all the time...
...than international cartels, which have often constricted the world's economy. On this they should have found common ground with the Administration, which is vigorously prosecuting antitrust suits against match manufacturers, potash producers, etc. as cartelists. But some Government trade experts, studying international business prospects, were beginning to flirt with the idea that long-term agreements on prices and markets were necessary, especially if the U.S. is to compete effectively with western Europe. Others laid plans to try to impose the anti-cartelism of the U.S., which many foreign businessmen consider naive, on the world...
After a while the little bright eye of the mirror blinked for the last time. Then through the glasses, U.S. sailormen saw a ragged figure, a pair of wigwag flags. The flags began to flirt the air in the unmistakable, bent-arm style of U.S. signal men. They spelled out the message: "I have information...
Will have to flirt with dollies that are real...
...would change places with our civilian sisters? Who would give up the comfort of flat heels and lisles, or our little gremlin suits or the mail-box mob or rows of wet white gloves, or disbursing problems, or our mail from Bu Sand A? Not We! We Would rather flirt with Portsmouth. After all, you could win fame knitting socks for chilly sailors-and who knows, membership in the Portsmouth Outing Club could be exciting-well novel anyway...