Word: pulling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Wicked Fleeth. It was not clear how many men Rommel had been able to pull out of the fire. Winston Churchill said that 75,000 Axis troops had been put out of the fight. Cairo reported that ten Italian generals and some 30,000 other Axis captives had already reached the British Army's rear. Other thousands, not slain or wounded, still wandered in the desert. Rommel might have some 20,000 effectives left, plus a few Italian reserve divisions, a remnant of his original force, but still the nucleus of an army if it was permitted time...
Once, while playing a jealous woman, supposed to threaten to pull Guest Star Constance Bennett's hair, Joan ad-libbed: "I'll pull your blonde hair out by its black roots...
...Swingler, the back who returned a Harvard kick-off Brown's only touchdown last year, has been out with the same type of aukle injury that started Savage on the bench last week. If he recuperated enough, he may try to pull the same trick on the Crimson which Savage pulled on the Crusaders last week. Bruce Remick, another fast runner, fills out the lineup of the regular Brown backfield. Jay Pattee, a blocking back of note, is a demon at kicking points after touchdown...
...other details it was mum. Airline officials and pilots had cause to say: "I told you so." Long & loud have been their complaints about Ferry Command pilots who hop on & off the airlines' beam without reporting positions to traffic controls. One pilot reported last week he had to pull up the nose so fast to avoid hitting an army plane that he almost threw his passengers through the floor. The Army and CAA immediately launched an investigation: this was one time when there must be abundant, clear-cut evidence...
...misplaced, sophisticated dance team and a couple of singers pull down the average, but Willie Howard usually pops up again to make you forget it. Only the headliners are really good and this conglomeration isn't turned into a really good show. But, despite the handicap of a poor script it turns out to be an entertaining evening, which goes to show that "It ain't what you do, it's the way that...