Word: skirmished
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...less convincing: they are types rather than real soldiers, e.g., the nervous G.I. (Richard Kiley), the philosophical G.I. (Nick Dennis), the amorous G.I. (Bonar Col-leano). But the film transfers the play to the screen with a muscular compactness and economy. Although it is only a minor cinematic skirmish, Eight Iron Men strikes an authentic ring of realism from the monotony of war and the soldiers' code of comradeship...
...work conditions have not led the maids to become lazy in their newly-founded contentment. Their work still meets standards of inspection set 35 years ago. In terms of customer satisfaction, they routed their potential competitors, the student porters, last year in Dunster House in the very first skirmish...
...cream riot was the first colossal eruption since the Cornell skirmish of 1947, when students derailed trolley cars, smashed store windows, and roughed up townspeople. But before that, Yale New Haven history is rife with tales of bloody encounters...
...second period. Pete Briggs, starting Crimson goalie, lost sight of the ball against the background of the crowd as halfback Barry Lougee kicked it in from the sidelines, so he was poorly positioned when Vreeland put it past him seconds later after a minor skirmish in front of the goal...
...competes around the globe with British airways. As long as the British intend to put Comets on their routes, Pan Am has to have jets ready also, if only for prestige and to gain jet plane experience. There was no doubt that the British had won an important skirmish in the battle for commercial jet supremacy. The victory may also turn out to be the best thing that could have happened to American plane builders. They have shown signs of dawdling away the lead the U.S. has in jet engines (TIME, Oct. 20). Now, U.S. planemakers will have to hustle...