Word: skirmishers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Free or Strings? The second skirmish was over the word free, which FTC six months ago ruled out of ads if there were any strings at all to the offer. Last fortnight, FTC accused the Book-of-the-Month Club, the Literary Guild of America and four other book publishers of "false, misleading and deceptive" advertising because they offered "free" books to anyone who subscribed. Also wrong, charged FTC, were such terms as "bonus books'" and ''book dividends...
...shot past the prostrate Burns at 12.18 of the second period after a prolonged scrimmage in front of the nets. But Crimson Captain Jack Lavalle was the real hero of the occasion, stopping a rain of fire that made the Battle of the Bulge look like a minor skirmish...
Kopp's quintet is out to stretch its seven and three record. Dartmouth, Yale, and a much heralded skirmish with the Crimson Freshmen loom close on the schedule, and the Jayvees look to Suffolk as a test of their newly acquired top-condition...
...A.H.A. sextet broke camp before Christmas, he stole Brundage's thunder and let his skaters know that they were to make up the American Olympic team. Brundage, his presidential pride raging, revoked his previous backing of the A.H.A., and used his prerogative to back the A.A.U. The initial skirmish of the Olympic civil...
...relentless, never-ceasing war of man v. insect, each side has just won a minor skirmish...