Word: toughness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Ever since they crushed out of the Council Bluffs, Iowa "escape-proof" jail eight weeks ago (TIME, Jan. 29), the Toothbrush Twins had been touring the U.S. The two hoodlums-tough, tall John Giles and tough, short Edgar Cook-gained their freedom and their nicknames by unlocking six steel doors with a toothbrush and a wooden spoon. They made their escape in a blue police car, abandoned it, stole another automobile, abandoned it, stole another-and in this fashion set out across the countryside, plying their trade (burglary) from time to time...
...distance behind, came another great echelon of tanks even broader, out of which groups would wheel from their brown mud tracks in green fields to encircle and smash fire at some stubborn strong point. Behind this came miles of trucks full of troops, maneuvering perfectly to mop up bypassed tough spots. Then came the field artillery to pound hard knots into submission. From the flanks sped clouds of tank destroyers cutting across the landscape in wild swoops that hit the enemy and cut off communications with bewildering speed...
Patton's drive down the Moselle was overshadowed by the great events on the Rhine. Coblenz was still 60 miles from Trier, across tough fighting country which must be crossed if the whole west bank of the Rhine is to be occupied...
...love story is as complicated as radar and as contrived as a screen queen's eyelashes. Yet scene by scene, as played by the extremely personable Phillip Terry (third and present husband of Joan Crawford) and by subtly tough Audrey Long, it becomes about twice as real as the run of movie love bouts. The singing and dancing numbers are on the whole refreshingly lacking in Hollywood's normal polish; they have, indeed, a good deal of the seamy vitality of authentic floor shows. Even more authentic is Robert Benchley's sleepy applause...
Meanwhile, landing craft from Mariveles nosed around Corregidor to the south shore. As the assault waves charged up the beach of San José Bay, the Japs were trapped between airborne and seaborne forces. Jap resistance was as tough as usual, but there were not enough Japs to stem the rush...