Word: squawks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...work. Long known as the cantankerous prima donnas of aviation, pilots formerly raised the hangar roof if a single field light was out or the stewardess forgot the chewing gum. Now they fly over trackless wastes (usually without radio), land on bad fields, sleep in flimsy shanties-and never squawk. And their record grounds everyone: not a single lost plane, not a single accident...
...intermittently at Forts Drum and Hughes. Beyond the bay they laid a tricky course to freedom. "A tight feeling in our stomachs," they sat on deck with legs and arms crossed as well as fingers. When a member of the crew wrung a chicken's neck, "the agonized squawk made us jump, our stomachs rejoining us some time after...
First A.E.F. reaction to the announcement of Yank was a squawk. U.S. troops in Australia griped at the title. They have already had fist fights with Aussies who insist on calling them Yanks. Most of those who got into scraps were Southerners, but other U.S. troops down under don't like the gritty name any better. To avoid unnecessary bloodshed, some Australian commanders have ordered their troops to lay off "Yank...
...Cloud used to carry a crew of 75. Last week the skeleton crew that remained aboard sadly recalled the days when the gulls in the Sea Cloud's wake got so glutted with garbage that they had no energy left to squawk...
...some $325,000,000 to $500,000,000 more-a provision aimed at the eight States which have community-property laws. > Corporation excess-profits taxes: last year Congress raised all brackets 10%. When the Vinson Committee reports soon on shipbuilding profits, some of which range to 200%, such a squawk is expected that taxperts figured that Congress would raise rates so steeply as to pick up another billion dollars. > Manufacturers' excise taxes: if Congress can be kept from providing exemptions this tax can be made to pay almost any sum-unless it cooks the nation's goose. > Estate...