Word: messing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...ensigns who might also take serious objection to the statements above, all we can say is that comes October we'll be toting our very own spouses to the mess hall, mainly to improve our digestion . . . providing we're not toting ourselves back to Columbia or Northwestern . . . hitting the line school again...
...Smith & the Washington Mess. Even allowing for a normal degree of exaggeration, these are astonishing statements about a man who is almost completely unknown to the U.S. public. Much of Harold Smith's obscurity is deliberate. The rest derives from the fact that most citizens know little more about his job than they do about...
...questions. What about the rise and fall of Washington czars and co ordinating agencies, the famed Washington confusion, the wearisome headaches, bottlenecks, bickerings, fumbles and bumbles? What has General Manager Smith been doing all this time? If he is any good, why hasn't he straightened out the mess? Pending investigation, John Citizen may be pardoned for concluding that Harold Smith is a hell of an efficiency expert...
...ranking Axis commanders in the Tunisia debacle were quartered in "camps" - actually country homes with spacious but well-guarded grounds. The tactful British planted them several miles apart; Messe and Arnim had differed sharply on strategy and were not speaking during the final days. Both are entitled to the stand ards of equivalent British officers living in mess. Thus they will fare better than Brit ish civilians, also better than Rudolf Hess, who is not a prisoner but an interned enemy alien...
...Snap to it, Buddy! Dry that mess kit and shuffle them dogs! Elsie Janis at the Y.M. tonight...