Word: starless
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...night was drizzly and starless, but in the last hours of June the forecast was for clearing weather. By July's first dawn, the blacktopped, coral runway of Kwajalein islet was ablaze with lights. It was Able-day for Operation Crossroads and the explosion of the world's fourth atomic bomb...
Bisgeier reported that the campaign inaugurated in the past few weeks, whereby the person responsible for the highest purchase of that seven day period would receive an autographed picture and personal letter from a selected movie star, has met with great success. Considerable increases have been noted over starless weeks with Deanna Durbin, Joan Leslie, and Mary Martin sharing the honors in this capacity. On the whole, the bonds and stamps drive has been very satisfactory, Biageier said...
...sleeper, Hitler's Children, made by an unknown producer, Edward A. Golden, with a starless cast, on a small budget ($170,000), has already grossed $1,000,000 and broken attendance records almost everywhere it has been shown...
...strokers, and hero the picture is not quite so rosy. Houston is at his best for a 100 yards, not in the long 200-yard puli. Roger Willcox was improving at the end of last year and may continue to do so, but the butterfly division is still a starless one. Bob White tried his hand at breast-stroking last year and may return to the tank if others fail to improve as the season gets under way. White is shaping up as a good free-style prospect and will probably be allowed to develop...
...night was warm for November, still and starless; on a flagpole above the portico the blue Presidential flag, with its shield, eagle and white stars, flapped listlessly. Hyde Park House was dark, the big green shutters swung snug to the front windows-from outside, not a crack of light showed from the library. Inside and out, the atmosphere was solemn, expectant, tense...