Word: nondescripts
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...Lonely Street. I went in with the 29th Division to take München-Gladbach yesterday in one of the weirdest actions of the war. The resistance consisted mainly of isolated detachments of nondescript troops who fought briefly at street corners. Those who were left surrendered quickly and with relief. This is the way it would go. A tank passed us and went down the absolutely lonely and deserted street through the ranks of neat and excellent two-story stone buildings, the kind of street that gives you that terribly lonely, naked feeling of snipers and trouble around...
...Marchesa Tarleto Zucchini's, the talk was of fashions. Peplums will be worn this year. And the most nondescript of buff tweed suits-startlingly-with a magnificent sable coat. The startling is what often gives the fresh touch...
There is one redeeming feature to the whole thing. It is nondescript Lester, huffooning his way across the drab stage with the abandon of a loosed chimpanzee, using all the tricks of the accomplished mugger, stealing every scene, cussing, spitting, pinching, and generally acting as if he enjoyed every minute of his poverty. It seems as though James Barton is almost too good a comedian, for his "heavy' scenes misfire, with the audience waiting in vain for a flow of damns and hells...
...Hale Bros, found itself stuck. With San Francisco jammed with war work, it had to move into Penney's old quarters at a still higher rental ($120,000) than Lurie's top price to them. To add insult to injury, Penney's nondescript store site was hard by San Francisco's largest department store, The Emporium. Hale's only consolation: the hope (and expense) of building a brand-new store on another Market Street corner after...
...Hollywood's idea of what a nondescript preacher should wear for the wedding of a divorcee (the picture: Silver Dollar...