Word: sidelighting
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Last week the most curious sidelight on Winston Churchill's recent trip to Italy was the revelation that Sicily was once again becoming a political football at the toe of the Italian boot. Britain was reported to be toying with Sicilian separatism, and with the idea of restoring the long-defunct kingdom of Sicily. To Sicilians, uncomfortably conscious of the rising tide of leftist political turmoil on the mainland, the idea was attractive...
...Pittsburgh plant, the final vat was stowed away and North Africa-bound. The whole thing happened so fast that no one even thought to talk about contracts and cost. But by last week, with the new invasion an amphibious success, the cost of Standard's Sicilian sidelight seemed academic...
...Army is now rushing construction and delivery of a compact entertainment package, the B-kit, containing a seven tube radio and record player, mechanical phonograph, records, transcriptions, song books and six harmonicas. Sidelight on radio tastes: soldiers in the South Pacific who hear radios prefer BBC news to the "too optimistic" newscast from KGEI, San Francisco...
...neglect to point out an interesting sidelight: what became of Bubbles as opposed to Bubbles. If I am not mistaken, Bubbles also became famous and is today Admiral [Sir William Milburne] James, Royal Navy, Commander in Chief, Portsmouth. In any case I know that the admiral is known to most of the men in "Pompey" Barracks as "Bubbles...
...Sidelight of the current lineup is the leading positions of the Big Three. Princeton, Harvard, and Yale are sparking the race for the first time in years. If this week's contests break according to Hoyle, this may be more than a one week stand...