Word: girth
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Meanwhile the enemy's aircraft ranged far & wide over the 3,000-mile girth of the Indies. Lean, weathered Major General L. H. van Oyen, commander of the N.E.I. Air Force, did not have enough planes of his own to meet him at every point. This week Washington announced that he had got something more than token help. Five U.S. bombers raided a Jap base in northern Celebes,* were speedily jumped upon by Jap interceptors. Without pursuit support, the bombers fought it out spectacularly. They reported they had knocked down nine Jap fighters. They lost two ships, brought home...
...Daily News took time out one night last week for an impressive collective binge to honor a newshawk come home to roost after 22 months on the battlefronts of World War II. Recipient of this kudos was red-faced, balding Robert Joseph Casey, quick of mind and ample of girth, who has been a fair-haired Newsboy since 1920. His standing on the News is such that when his boss, Colonel Frank Knox, congratulated him on a series about the war, he amiably remarked: "I'm glad you like them because they cost you about $600 apiece...
Victor Emanuel met Loewenstein in England, where he has spent many a season steeplechasing and riding to hounds. (He was once Master of the Woodland Pytchley hounds.) Between times he has thinned his hair, widened his girth by syndicate operations in a swivel chair. Still president of Standard Power & Light, he entered what he calls "the Aviation Corp. situation" in 1937. Last fall he strengthened his hold by a typical maneuver...