Word: snared
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Roundup, U.S. soldiers' newspaper in Delhi, India, spoke earthy words against homesickness: "All you jerks want to return to the States because of some woman. This type of thinking, gents, is a snare and a delusion. . . . Now she's probably driving a six-by-six truck. When you get back...
...urgent need exsists for men who have done some drumming, base or snare. Stir loose any talent in your room and direct it to the Administration Office...
Meanwhile, belated attempts to snare the elusive can of beer, have been pouring in from all quarters. A telegram from Exeter brought the right solution at the wrong time. A letter from Andover brought out a weird arrangement of s and t's and periods, with the result running something like "Am in a mess. Beware of trap." They're in a mess...
German weapons on display were the loot of ordnance intelligence raids designed to snare more concrete information than usually is gleaned from prisoners. Captured guns, tanks and ammunition go back to Aberdeen Proving Ground, 35 miles northeast of Baltimore. Close examination not only reveals secrets of design and operation but often gives an insight to the enemy's general materiel situation. Example: a German 88-mm. gun at Aberdeen has a three-piece barrel, indicating shortages of certain materials. The U.S. 20 years ago stopped manufacturing similar weapons in this obsolete manner...
...MIDGET MURDERS-Craig Rice -Simon & Schuster ($2). A lively and unorthodox Chicago trio, Lawyer Malone and a young-couple-about-town, finally snare the slayer of a diabolically minded dwarf who badly needed killing. Genially ribald dialogue and a cleverly concocted plot...