Word: struttings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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North Carolina. Ruddy, wealthy, fire-eating Cameron Morrison, onetime Governor, onetime U.S. Senator, once thought he was set in the Senate for life. Then in 1932 along came Bob Reynolds, who followed him around the State, rolled out a red carpet, imitated Morrison's strut, bellowed: "Why, you know, folks, Cam eats cavi-ah! That's fish eggs, brought all the way from Rooshia." Now Morrison aimed at a comeback as Congressman, had an eye on Reynolds' seat...
...should like to point out that most of this senior class will enter the armed forces after graduation. They deserve a send-off. Morever these last exercises means a lot to some of us, and to our friends and relatives, even if it is only a chance to strut and be the center of attention for a few hours. Such is harmless and trivial, but very necessary and dear to men. Sincerely, George J. Grindle...
NAVY The Senate was willing to authorize the Navy to build 900,000 tons of new warships. The Navy sc'aled the figure down to 150,000 tons. Then the amateur strategists began to strut their stuff. Air power, said they, had made the battleship obsolete. The Navy had reduced its tonnage because it was afraid to build battleships, after the Hawaii fiasco...
...year-end model change at General Motors. Not long ago the most that was asked of her was to wear a sweater fetchingly. Now M.G.M., after a slight build-up (fatter roles in Ziegfeld Girl and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), has demanded that she act as well as strut. She comes through surprisingly well, although the 1941 Turner may have to undergo a little more streamlining before she can hold the road at high speed...
...should be started; then Bofors 40-mm. anti-aircraft guns should be in production. Already Chrysler's engineering department and laboratories are working 85% of their time on defense, developing a 2,000 h.p. airplane engine, a 500 h.p. liquid-cooled tank engine; a new airplane landing gear strut, etc. Half the 900 machine tools used to make the Bofors gun are being taken from the automobile assembly lines. Eleven different Chrysler divisions are supplying parts for the bombers. The 250 Army trucks that come off Dodge production lines every day represent better than half the total daily production...