Word: glue
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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JACK RODERICK is well remembered by Crimson fans. Last year, he caught seven passes for over 100 yards, to contribute more than his share to the Crimson's 28 to 0 drubbing. Six feet tall, 185 pounds, the glue-fingered left wing man saw 55 minutes of action in the East-West game two years ago, shortly before entering the Navy...
...Stadium turned out pretty much the way people close to both squads had speculated. By land, Harvard was king, grinding out 260 yards rushing to a meagre 31 for the Nassau eleven. But in the air, sparked by a deadly accurate forward passer in Carl Leibert, and two rangy, glue-fingered ends in Tom Finical and Bill Gallagher, the Tigers were always dangerous...
There was a good chance that they would get reasonably quick delivery on their orders. Despite shortages of lumber, spring wire, skilled labor, glue and leather, furniture production was up slightly over 1941. Although manufacturers still had their customers on quotas, allotments have been upped. Prices were still steady. Many of the orders placed last week were at OPA ceilings. But many a buyer predicted a wholesale price boost of 15 to 20% within 60 to 90 days. If retailers expected to absorb this expected boost, they were saying nothing about...
...close the flat and join the Women's Royal Naval Service (Wrens). Thus begins their vacation from marriage. It ends some three years later in a transformation which may not strike hardened cinemaddicts as particularly surprising. But the picture holds together nicely, and without the customary Hollywood glue, goo and garnish...
...keep the rats within bounds, the Paris police set up traps. They checked on glue shops, where the thieves got materials with which to fish money from the church boxes. They watched bistros, where the thieves exchanged small coins for big bills...