Word: steams
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...usually becomes. But what he says then in his resonant voice may have a steely edge, and his long legs may take longer, caged-lion strides. He does not have General Patton's histrionic flair, or General Eisenhower's command of expletives. Yet he can let off steam with a sharp "Ibbsob!" which merely means yellow-bellied s.o.b...
Controlled Steam. One of the chief exponents of the modern treatment is Major Frederick Hanson, an intrepid psychiatrist who has studied battle neuroses on three Commando raids, including Dieppe, and in the front lines at Maknassy and El Guettar. Says he: "It is amazing how much difference it makes to get at these men early. It's like releasing steam before it has a chance to build up to explosive point in a kettle...
When the crack New York-Buffalo Lackawanna Limited cracked up one night a fortnight ago in upper New York State, available reporters were as scarce as hen's teeth. How the United Press got the story of the wreck, in which 28 died in live steam, made a yarn for pressroom spinning. Seldom had improvised telephone coverage, which newspapers and news associations constantly use, turned out so successfully...
Next he went to the Allen Funeral Home in Wayland, got names and addresses of victims from a list compiled from steam-soaked ration books. He called New York again...
Oddly enough the faculty showed surprising steam but in the end they lacked the punch previously demonstrated on the lecture platform. The Girls Volleyball game was a wow, and Col. Conner was in rare form as referee. McManus and McGivier should have gotten prizes for the ducking they took...