Word: laconicism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Sergeant Joe Louis received the Legion of Merit medal for treating two million G.I.s to several million dollars worth of his pugilistic skill. Said Major General Clarence H. Kells: "You have made one of the greatest contributions to the reconditioning program for veterans. . . ." Said the laconic champion: "Sir, I am...
<¶ Laconic, independent Major General Walter Hale ("Tony") Frank, 59. West Pointer, onetime air officer at Hickam Field, Hawaii, was chief of the Air Service Command in England until he was sent back to service at home.
Since 1936 talented Angela Thirkeil, who is. as stylistically languid as her Pre-Raphaelite grandfather Edward Burne-Jones and as staunchly British as her cousins Stanley Baldwin and the late Rudyard Kipling, has made hay in the fictitious fields of Barsetshire - the mythical English region created by Victorian Novel ist...
Air speed, altitude and trail (air and ground lag) had already been set on the sight indicators. As the target came in view, Arpaia's problem was to calculate in a flash the correct dropping angle, make this final adjustment. Then he hunched tensely over the rubber-padded sight...
That means the tracks have told him that, a day before, the missing pilot was beginning to walk unsteadily or, worst sign of all, broke into a staggering run for a few steps. When the man is found the Boong invariably sees him first, points ahead with a laconic: "Him...