Word: getaways
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...military transport, charged them to Stuka squadrons because the name had grown pregnant with implications of Nazi frightfulness. These were, in most cases, raids by low-flying attack bombers which swept roads with machine-gun fire and bombs, depended on firepower, speed and whole sale demoralization for their getaway with a minimum of trouble from anti-aircraft fire...
...magnificence of a trans-Pacific luxury liner every throb of whose propeller carries George Brent nearer death by hanging, Merle Oberon nearer death from angina pectoris. Cinemactress Oberon spends much of her allotted time philosophizing about eternity. When not listening, George Brent spends his time trying to make a getaway with the help of Binnie Barnes. Pat O'Brien (a detective) makes tough faces, Frank McHugh makes funny faces. In a minor part (bright, solicitous Bonnie), Geraldine Fitzgerald looks very pretty, acts very well...
...Opera House, two hours later, 100 women still besieged the stage door, refusing to believe that he had made his getaway...
...than parcels in their hands. Without a shot fired, the arsenal's guard was disarmed. Four official-looking lorries soon drove into the arsenal, and before the Island Bridge barracks knew what was up. the trucks, loaded with 1,000,000 rounds of rifle ammunition, had made their getaway...
...Moving mines with brains," Navy men call the mosquitoes. They are built to dart at and through enemy fleets, loose torpedoes at surface warships, make a quick getaway (if they are lucky). Submarine chasers, lighter than destroyers, carry depth charges instead of torpedoes...