Word: pursuits
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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After he left Princeton in 1917, Elliott Springs trained as a pursuit pilot, became the nations No. 3 ace in World War I by downing eleven enemy planes. Back home, he continued as a hell-for-leather test pilot and barnstormer until his plane caught fire and crashed in the first U.S. cross-country race. The damage prompted Springs to start a much duller career in the family's mills...
Bettering Girls. In his tireless pursuit of jump, and on the theory that his patrons are easily jaded, Hover redecorates Giro's every two years. The cigarette and hatcheck girls, fetchingly attired in black-net hose, ballet skirts and tight bodices, are breathtaking and don't last long. If a girl hasn't "bettered herself" in three months, she is likely to be dropped. Betterment usually means getting some kind of movie job. One former Giro's girl, "Sunny" Ainsworth, married Tommy Manville (his seventh...
...Navy's planes are the only ones that have an F preceding the identifying number (F4-U, etc.). In the Army the letter P precedes the number (P-80, etc.). In the Navy the F stands for fighter, in the A.A.F. the P for pursuit...
...lovers and the child make each other quite a lot of needless trouble before they get their differences settled. Except for a keenly bracing ten minutes of pursuit and rescue in troubled waters, the picture is about as exciting as a plate of boiled haddock. Yet the story's very quietness is rather pleasant. All the outdoor shots were made in Maine, and are much better than average to look at; but for some strange reason the crisp camera work is steeped in sepia so rich that the whole world looks like strong tea. There is competent character acting...
...sector, along the superhighway toward Potsdam, a limousine zoomed along at 65 m.p.h. (the U.S.-enforced speed limit is 20 m.p.h.). "It was going to beat hell," remarked an American MP later. A U.S. traffic patrol, consisting of a jeep and an armored car, promptly raced in pursuit. After a two-mile chase they overtook the limousine, leveled machine guns at it. Frantically the Russian driver pointed to the back seat and screamed: "Marshal! Marshal...