Word: instead
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Eichelberger, who talks of military campaigns in football terms, does not believe in generals who buck the middle of the opponent's line; instead, he favors the end run, the cleverly concealed multiple pass, even on occasion a well-executed shoe string play. He minimizes his achievements in battle but brags unashamedly about what he did to raise the standard of the Military Academy's football team...
...Rudy Vallee's Village Store in 1941, was enough of a hit to be hired as a regular. Then Vallee joined the Coast Guard and Co-Star John Barrymore died. Everybody, including the sponsor, thought the program would collapse with just Joan Davis to hold it up. Instead, its popularity climbed. Last year Hooper for some time rated it the No. 6 attraction...
Visitors to the prisoner-of-war camp at Compiegne, France, were pleasantly surprised. Instead of standing sullenly at attention as the visitors passed, the German prisoners doffed their hats respectfully. Some were sitting in groups on the hard clay ground, placidly listening to lectures on biology, tolerance, arithmetic, democracy, religion. Others were playing football...
...Hammerstein has written a screen play as pleasing and deft as his lyrics. If the picture had delicacy and imagination to match its competence and good humor -and if its pastoral charm had real outdoor authenticity, instead of a germless soundstage look-State Fair might have become an entertainment classic. As it stands, it should be a solid...
Fast Finish. As power politics flared in Europe and Asia, the bank's business boomed. The character and purpose of its loans underwent a change. Instead of an implement to foster U.S. world trade, the bank became an instrument of foreign policy. Its loans were made more for political reasons than economic...