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...felt as though I were being entangled by an octopus. His arms and legs were all around me. Then at one point I was strangling from water that went in through the hole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC: Jiu-jitsu in the Sea | 4/5/1943 | See Source »

...vitals of this octopus exists on the fourth floor of a New York office building across the street from the white skyscraper of the New York Daily News. In large, airy quarters the home staff conceives, organizes, lays out, and creates each edition of Yank...

Author: By J. ROBERT Moskin, | Title: 'Yank' Glorifies Army's Average Enlistees; Published Here and Abroad by Noncoms | 3/12/1943 | See Source »

...vitals of this octopus exist on the fourth floor of a New York office building across the street from the white skyscraper of the New York Daily News. In large, airy quarters the home staff conceives, organizes, lays out, and creates each edition of Yank...

Author: By J. ROBERT Moskin, | Title: 'Yank' Glorifies Army's Average Enlistees, Published Here and Abroad by Noncoms | 3/10/1943 | See Source »

...complete Child's restaurant on the stage. Belasco in turn handed it on to his pupil who taught it to the motion pictures. This man is still with us, and when last seen was engaged in giving the American public a whole wrecked ship under water, complete with octopus. He is Cecil B. deMille...

Author: By William E. Robinson, | Title: FROM THE PIT | 10/22/1942 | See Source »

...Louis Cardinals of 1942. In their book, nothing is too difficult. Their outfielders make octopus catches, pick off base runners with the cool precision of anti-aircraft guns. Their runners can beat out any bunt, are shamefaced if they can't make third from first on an outfield single. Last week these scooping, swooping musketmen upset Yankee morale. In the first game of the Series, with Old Reliable Red Ruffing only four putouts away from a no-hitter, they staged a rally that scored four runs, sent Ruff to the showers and nearly stole the ball game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Kids | 10/12/1942 | See Source »

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