Word: sweethearts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...troops in Northern Ireland pored fondly over thousands of pictures of girls back home, studied and studied, finally chose as "Sweetheart of the A.E.F," Janet Barry, 18-year-old typist of Belmar, N.J., because...
...female blues singer. She queens the juke boxes within an inch of Bing Crosby ("than whom," says Dinah, "there is no whomer"). Her extracurricular "honors" have piled up like ticker tape. She was "Queen" of the Brooklyn Dodgers, "Queen" of Manhattan's famed Seventh Regiment, is "Sweetheart" of more Army camps than she can remember. At Manhattan's Butlers' Ball she was named "The Girl We Wish Would Come to Dinner...
...cans rolled up in a bag. When Pilot Quayle is shot down in the Greek retreat, it is Nitralexis and a wild mountaineer ("a fine boy if he doesn't kill us") who lead him to safety through the Italian lines and restore him to his Greek sweetheart, paying for their loyalty with their lives...
Tall, blue-eyed Ginny Simms, official sweetheart of 100 college fraternities, fingered the rabbit's foot Judy Garland had slipped her, flashed a toothy smile at a husky sailor, a slick-haired soldier, a plump marine. Blues-singing Ginny was introducing "Three Greatest Guest Stars in the World," as she emceed the premiere of Philip Morris' Johnny Presents Ginny Simms (NBC, Tues. 8-8:30 p.m. E.W.T.) The three servicemen were allowed to telephone anybody anywhere...
...specialized buying varies with the season and the place where he is stationed. When the Army had its pay raised there was a tremendous run on fine watches (at a little over half outside cost). There is always a run on pen-&-pencil sets, cameras, portable radios, sentimental "sweetheart pillows," with two hearts intertwined. For 3,000 standard items, Exchange Service sets a top price for P-X wholesale buying, thus does a big job of chain procurement. For the rest, the price is up to the local exchange officer. With his low markup, he knows that he will...