Word: forward
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...William George Dampier, a 48-year-old Indianapolis milk delivery man, would watch a heart-warming scene: |iis five children, exclaiming happily over presents in the front room of his warm, frame house. Like millions of other U.S. families, the Dampiers would eat a vast and savory dinner, look forward to the long holiday before the New Year...
...goose (no turkeys available) and Fred Jr., aged five, was all set to chop down a little evergreen growing inside the bamboo fence of the Gruin's ten-mow (3⅓-acre) "estate." In Shanghai, Bureau Chief William Gray, his wife "Freddie," and their three children, looked forward to being in their new house on Columbia Road. Said Gray: "We'll hang up the sang chi sheng (mistletoe) and the mao erh to tzu (cat's ears or thorn of holly) and startle passing ricksha boys with God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen...
...returned to school wore battle stars and three were married. Phillip, who had broken five conference records in 1943, had been a Marine lieutenant at Iwo Jima. Smiley fought in the Battle of the Bulge; 6 ft. 3 in. Guard Gene Vance had been a lieutenant in the ETO; Forward Ken Menke had been an artilleryman. The four were almost as spry as ever, and had to be, with the likes of Substitute Dwight Eddleman around (he scored a breathtaking 969 points as a senior at Centralia, Ill. High...
...Administrative Board is reviewing the working of the present policy regarding war service credit, especially credit for training in military techniques, and looks forward with interest to the help which will be given by the recently appointed Student Council Committee on this subject...
...heartening note was the play of Bill Harford, reserve forward. Harford played much of the second half, scored five points, showed an accurate set shot, and proved himself a dependable substitution for Barclay's somewhat undermanned staff...