Word: leaping
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...shift in emphasis came about be cause most Broadway columnists secretly yearn for the dignity that goes with straight news columning, and have used the war as a springboard for a leap into general punditry. And, trendwise as they are, all realize that mischievous chitchat is no commodity to market in wartime...
...starred newcomer is fragile Lalage who, hanging by an arm to a rope, flapjacks herself an incredible number of times in the upper air. With a two-cycle, five-man act, the perennial Wallendas outdo their past achievements on the high wire. As of yore, The Flying Councellos leap, Elly Ardelty stands on her head on the flying trapeze, Massi-milliano Truzzi juggles flaming torches. Tigers walk treadmills, horses curvet superbly and Harry Rittely sits atop seven tables and topples over backwards...
...only 15-ft. pole vaulter, Warmerdam has soared to that height or more 27 times in the past three years, has made fans expect a new record every time he grips bamboo. Last week the Flying Dutchman worked into the groove, nearly reaching the mezzanine with each leap. But the best he could do was 15 ft. 1½ in.-a new Garden record, but 6¼ inches under his own world's record...
...BLIND MAN'S BUFF-Baynard Kendrick-Little, Brown ($2). A series of fatal falls that follow the "suicide" leap of a blind New York banker leads sightless Detective Duncan Maclain into the most perilous case of his career. A unique murder method, a well hidden criminal and intelligent writing give the tale stellar honors...
Anderson's advance columns, fingering in toward the Axis strongholds of Tunis and Bizerte on the seacoast, were mauled and forced back. German tanks harried them. German paratroops leap-frogged behind their extended positions trying to disrupt their communication lines. The Luftwaffe dominated the grey, dripping skies. There were disquieting reports that the Axis, pouring in airborne reinforcements from Italy, had gained numerical superiority along the fighting front. On the heights overlooking Mateur and Madjez-el Bab, Anderson's lightly armed advanced troops grimly hung on and waited for heavier troops to crawl...