Word: paunchless
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...friend of Marshal Pétain, declined because of his health, on the advice of U. S. Army physicians. Then the President chose another ex-officer as Ambassador to the old Marshal: one of his ablest public servants, cool, steady Admiral William Daniel Leahy, Governor of Puerto Rico. Paunchless, wind-seared Admiral Leahy, whose 65 years look like 50, accepted. His administration of Puerto Rico, which is fast becoming the U. S.'s No. 1 Caribbean naval & air base, had been effective. He was fully aware of U. S. defense problems, could be counted on to buck...
...sometimes finds time to try a little serious sculpture and watercolor painting. But most of his leisure he spends puttering about the ranch, building rock gardens, making inlaid silver ornaments, casting fancy doorsteps and fountains out of colored cement. At 52 Jim Williams is proud of his sinewy, paunchless figure, boasts that he weighs the same 168 lb. that he did when he was a cowpuncher at 15. Says he: "All my life my hands and body have earned me a living. I have kept them in good shape to this...
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