Word: lancer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. Sir C. (for Charles) Aubrey Smith, 85, hawk-nosed, patrician stage & screen character actor (Lives of a Bengal Lancer, Four Feathers, Lloyds of London); in Beverly Hills, Calif. A onetime champion cricketer, Smith never gave up his British citizenship in more than 20 years in the U.S., was knighted...
...wounded a German policeman," said Lancer...
Afternoon of Fun. At this point Lieut. Colonel Thomas Lancer, U.S. provost marshal in Berlin, arrived in an olive drab staff car. "Now tell me what has happened here," Lancer told the Russian through an interpreter...
...answered Lancer. "You have shot a German and I must have a written note of apology sent to me. Then we will deliver the motorcycle...
...Colonel Lancer ignored the offer and looked at his watch. "It's getting late. You are welcome to come into the American sector any time-but not carrying arms." He shook hands with the hapless Russian and started back to headquarters. The lieutenant looked after him. "All I wanted was an afternoon of fun," he muttered miserably. "There, wouldn't have been any of this trouble if the woman had only been at home...