Word: thumbings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...closest fight of the afternoon was the 155 lb. final between Johnny Parrish, of Eliot, and Hopson in which the decision went to Parrish. Because of an injured thumb, Dudley's Brendon Reilley was unable to take part in the 175 lb. final, so Johnny Watkins, of Lowell was declared the winner by default...
...Blunt as a hammer, he remarked to Sir Sholto Douglas, then chief of the Fighter Command: "Sir Sholto, I hear you are a son-of-a-bitch and that I'm not going to get along with you at all. Is that right?" They got along like a thumb and a first finger. At a military demonstration he sat next to King George for half an hour, exchanged only a how-do-you-do and a goodby. Spaatz's verdict on the equally reserved King of England: "A wonderful man." When the Queen paid a visit...
Captain L. L. Woodman, School Executive Officer, put his thumb in the way early this week while hammering on a KEEP OUT sign at the pistol range in Wayland. "Just a case of hitting the wrong nail," he says...
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Shouts of Caramba! were echoing in Holly wood after the "good-will" attempts of Don Ameche (el senor), Rita Hayworth (la senorita) and the brothers Ritz (los senores), until Mr. Disney stuck his diplomatic thumb into the Latin-American pic. What he pulled out was "Saludos Amigos," a light, colorful bit of entertainment for both sides of the equator. The film is not searching for any great light, but is merely the normal response of the Disney artists to what they saw and heard on their South American trip...