Word: sailorful
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...boldness of Nelson, without that hero's flamboyancy. His voice is so loud that he has no need for bull horns in battle. His eyes have a mariner's sadness, but he has plenty of wit. His pleasure is the sailor's hobby, gardening, and his hero is a fiery Scot, James Graham, Marquess of Montrose, one of the most colorful fighters, and a vigorous poetaster, of the 17th Century. His principal indulgence is the sending of very British dispatches, and in those dispatches lies the flavor of both A.B.C. and World War II in the Mediterranean...
They pass into the Common and then sit down to wait. After not very long, they are walking up a grassy hill hanging onto a sailor's arm. The surprise and distress which this one revelation brought to me cannot easily be conveyed. To say the least, I was struck with abhorrence...
...Miami, at a street auction, the scarf of a sailor rescued after an Atlantic torpedoing brought $2,000. At a Chicago auction, a bag of dog food brought...
...Philadelphia Navy Yard a sailor promptly married a WAVE...
...forget Sabu the Elephant Boy, and concentrate on Maria Montez, you won't mind this distorted version of the Arabian Nights. The scenery is in Arizona, not Arabia, Sinbad the Sailor and Ali Baba are comics, and the story revolves around a dispute between two brothers as to who shall buy Caliph. Whatever liberties Hollywood has taken with the original are more than justified by luscious harem scenes and Maria Montez in technicolor. As a movie it is worth one, but as entertainment at least...