Word: pattonisms
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Brien--who has also played some on the wing--and sophomore Tony Patton have been working together, with Dan Simonds--who played House hockey last year--also fitting in. ("Simonds is big," says Weiland, "but he needs experience...
...dusty road north of Seoul last week, a U.N. tank commander leaned against the tread of his bulky Patton and read an order to his men: "During the remainder of the armistice negotiations, every effort will be made to avoid casualties and to demonstrate our willingness to honor a cease-fire." The lieutenant went on with specifications: no more combat patrols, artillery to be used only for counterbattery fire, the infantry to fight only to repel an attack. When he had finished, a sergeant asked: "What does this mean, lieutenant?" Answered the officer: "It means just what it says...
...Tracy's suspiciously high standard of living. Their question: Has the nation's favorite funny-page detective been a grafter all these years? The uproar was so loud that it reached the ears of Tracy's strip father, Cartoonist Chester Gould. He decided to have Pat Patton, the strip's police chief and Tracy's boss, call Tracy in last week for an explanation. Even from Dick Tracy, the nemesis of criminals for 20 years, it sounded thin. Said Detective Tracy: "I've had a steady job here . . . for 20 years...
Victory & Winter. Two columns of burly Patton tanks thrust into the outskirts of Kumsong, shot up everything in sight, and retired to their lines without losing a vehicle, although the Reds had fired on them from a respectful distance with antitank guns. After that, it was clear that Kumsong was finished as an enemy base. There was no need for Van Fleet actually to occupy it until he could do so with a minimum of casualties. This week, after another bold tank raid in which the U.S. armor braved enemy mortar fire, a U.S. patrol moved up to within...
...Armed Forces Wives' Club in Boston, Mrs. George S. Patton admitted that "nothing is permanent but change" in the life of an Army wife. However, she said, one secret of making dismal rooms homelike is "always to keep a few sweet potatoes growing. They really make exotic vines...