Word: superiorities
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...chase takes place on wheels. In the first automobile is a sleek stickup man (Patric Knowles) who has absconded with a fat U.S. Army payroll. Close behind come an Army lieutenant (Robert Mitchum) and a mysterious young woman (Jane Greer). In the third car is Mitchum's superior officer (William Bendix). Trailing far behind at a leisurely Latin pace is Ramon Novarro, a sly Mexican police official who, like the audience, is trying his best to figure out the turns & twists of the plot...
Corn & Courage. Any bull that turns tail and runs is promptly tagged for sale or slaughter. To the rest, sharp-eyed experts award ratings which, in addition to B.P., include B.T. (Bravo Tarde), B. (for Bravo) and S. (Superior). By association with tamer bulls, the grass-raised fighters are gradually taught to eat muscle-building portions of corn, barley mash, chickpeas and beans. Vaqueros on quick-footed ponies place the food on one hill, water on another several miles away. Shuttling between the two, La Punta bulls develop the sure-footed power that has enabled them at times to throw...
...Francisco Army office. In 1922 he got a job as a state deputy corporation commissioner; it seemed that he might jog on through life as an inconspicuous public servant. But California's Governor Friend Richardson, impressed by his thoroughness, appointed him to the Superior Court bench. In twelve years as a judge his homely virtues and his obvious distress at civic corruption attracted the interest of Los Angeles reformers...
...slight, wiry Lewis C. ("Squeaky") Burwell was washed out of the Army's aviation cadet training program by his superior, Claire Chennault. When World War II came, stubborn Squeaky Burwell got his chance to fly in combat and as a transport pilot in China. One day he found among his passengers General Claire Chennault. "Brother," said Burwell, "you better get out. It's going to be a rough ride...
Past performance figures (only first places will count in the scoring) give Harvard-Yale an edge in the pole vault, high jump, shot put, 100, mile, 880, and 220 low hurdles; the Britishers appear superior in the 440, 220, broad jump, two mile, and 120 high hurdles. No times are available for speculation on the 440-yard sprint relay...