Word: stings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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After one of the best double bills in history ("Saludos Amigos" and "Air Force"), the U.T. balances out the week with one of the worst. The second feature isn't so bad, but the Abbott-Costello opus would take the sting out of 20 other "A" pictures. Like Laurel and Hardy, Wheeler and Woolsey, A. and C. don't know when to stop. Right now they're riding the original wave of popularity which started two years ago, and their motto seems to be "Nothing new has been added...
...service of the sea. Navy men set much stock by the fact that he was so long a destroyer man. To ride those little ponies of the sea takes strength, wisdom and the ability to make quick decisions. A.B.C. commanded the Scorpion for seven years, and gave her sting. Once in the Aegean he took her right into the mouth of an enemy harbor with bridge defenses rigged, the upper deck clear of men, and seamen with rifles manning the bridge loopholes and mess-deck scuttles; and he conducted a rifle action against land troops at a range...
...shut out over M. I. T. gave the Varsity courtmen an undefeated collegiate season Friday. To take the sting out of this feat, Harvard graduate Don Budges returned to set the racquetmen down with a 7 to 2 defeat...
This arbitrary proceeding raised a rumpus in Britain, but the Government's reasons were sound, and the Tories turned the incident to their political advantage. In effect, the Government demonstrated that it was placing national interest above that of private enterprise, took the sting from recent indications that Tory M.P.s were not interested in social reforms...
...shoulder: "Does the Prime Minister realize that we are broadcasting to France every night asking them to sabotage, and this officer commends those who shoot Frenchmen who are obeying our instructions?" The bull never even turned his head; no one could tell whether he even felt the sting...