Word: uppers
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Many were the snap answers: he is a great man, he is a menace, he is a phony. But no one knew; to his closest intimates he remained an upper-case X in an equation of variables. This in spite of the fact that the U. S. has a vast, sure talent for knowing its leaders...
...benefit in full from the antiaircraft lessons taught by World War II. Washington VI nonetheless is far ahead of Washington V: longer (125 ft.); 16-inch armor (instead of tapering from 16 to 14 inches); two layers of deck armor, instead of a single, three-inch layer (the upper one six inches thick, the lower four inches); faster (rated at 28 knots, expected to better that; the last Washington was rated at 21 knots). Probable cost: a whopping...
Arthur Lehman fellowships to John L. Cobb III, of Larchment, N. Y.; Thomas W. Dakin 2G, of Minneapolis, Minn.; Maxwell F. C. Day 2G, of Killara, N. S. W., Australia; Samuel F. Johnson, of W., Australia; Samuel F. Johnson, of Upper Darby, Pa.; John F. Ohl 2G, of Evanston, Ill.; Joseph L. Sullivan, of Austin, Tex.; and Horbert B. Woolley 1G, of Silverspring...
...absolute control of the world's new diamonds lies in a dull, grey building at No. 8 Charterhouse Street, London, offices of Diamond Corp. and its subsidiary, Diamond Trading Co. There, on an upper floor, the lords of Britain's cushiest monopoly linger over luncheons washed down with fine hock, occasionally notify their approved customers (and them only) that their application for a "sight" (buying visit) has been approved. "Sights" are no occasions for unbending. Customers look over parcels of stones, good and bad, take all or none, and take them at Diamond Corp.'s price. Widespread...
...keyed up to catch the overtones of World War II, and toned down to meet the objections of censors. Waterloo Bridge is no longer a tale of a shy Canadian soldier who falls in love with a shy London trull. It is the story of a good-looking, upper-class British officer (Robert Taylor) who, during an air raid, conceives an undying passion for a good-looking ballerina (Vivien Leigh). After causing her to lose her job, he has to go off to the war before he can marry her. The young lady turns to prostitution...