Word: squirming
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...Reconstruction, President Barclay sat down. There was a little more applause. Vice President Wallace leaned over, whispered something in his ear. President Barclay smiled. He didn't seem to have anything else to say; neither did the Senate. Seconds ticked by. The Vice President leaned back, began to squirm. Then Senator Robert F. Wagner of New York stepped forward, led the Liberian President to a front-row seat...
Bulgarian Plots. Last week, London heard rumors that Turkey had declared war on: 1) Germany, 2) Bulgaria. All that happened was that the Turko-Bulgarian frontier was closed and the Turkish press suddenly began to denounce Bulgaria. The Turks suspect that Boris was trying to squirm out of his alliance with Hitler and butter up the Allies; the Bulgars fear that the Turks are preparing to grab off Thrace...
...southeast Buna. As the troops moved toward Buna, Kenney had to find new strips for his supply planes. He found them by sending light planes to drag the coast for level ground. Sometimes it was pocked with palms, sometimes wing-deep in grass. The first pilot to land would squirm to a semi-crash landing. When the ear-ringed natives gathered round, he spread his wares-cowrie shells and tobacco sticks-and bargained to have trees and grass sliced down. The natives, men & women, usually set to work with a will...
This new type of war film is drama that speaks for itself. Whenever the script tries to compete with the action photography there is a momentary embarrassment that is meant to send tingles up and down your spine. You'll squirm through some of the dialogue, but it will be well worth it to see the action...
...worry about getting home in September. Rumor bath it that gas will be abundant and hitch-hiking profitable by that time. No: just pull out the ten spot and slide it to the gent across the desk, paste your picture on the card he gives you, and squirm...