Word: hums
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...equipment was frequently choked by clouds of coral dust from the roads. But they managed to stay with the foot soldiers, pausing to explain the action, letting the microphone gather the battle noises: wounded groaning, Jap bullets pinging against metal, the sharp splat of mortar shells exploding, the high hum of planes, artillery in the background, and the cries of men giving battle directions...
...with a possible 19,000,000 unemployed unless it raises its economy to a higher productive level than 1940's. He sees little chance of raising U.S. economy to such a point. For, says he, the expected roaring postwar boom will not occur; spotty prosperity will make some industries hum and others lag, while unemployment increases...
Saludo a Don Carlos, whose Spanish buffaloed three Boston fillies Saturday night. If his mission here were not so secret we could say more.... Five minutes silent meditation for the Critchlowean restriction of the spirited rendition entitled "Ding Dong Daddy." We'll hum it in your honor, K. K.... And while we're on the subject, may we apply for the grass skirt on the left for the Regimental...
...Hunters' Teller. Some new German mines have nonmetallic casings to foil the electrical detectors. Some have chemical rather than metallic fuses. One type has a soft plastic case which raises no hum in the electrical locators. To a probing bayonet, it feels like the surrounding earth. The new ratchet mine has a geared fuse wheel which moves around, a notch at a time, when a wheel goes over it. This mine can be set to go off after any number of vehicles (from one to 29) have passed safely...
...desert the Lone Ranger for Baby Snooks and Uncle Don; when you take to eating angel food cake, passion fruit sundaes and lover's delights; when you change your monthly magazine subscription from Esquire to Parent's Magazine; when you open a Christmas Club Savings account; when you hum "Oh, Promise Me" before going to bed, and "Here Comes The Bride" upon getting up in the morning; when the approach of June has such static effects upon your behaviour as to cause you to be on time for classes with both eyes open, though the rest of you be closed...