Word: vet
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...story of how Joe Parkson, a lame vet, played by Robert Ryan, stalks a prosperous contractor (Van Heflin) who was his senior officer when their plane was forced down during the war and the crew thrown into a German concentration camp. Parkson and ten others had a tunnel built through which they planned to escape. Frank Enley (Heflin) tried to persuade them not to attempt it but when they defied him Enley went to the Nazis, who agreed to leniency in view of the fact that Enley reported the scheme. The Nazis weren't lenient. Parkson was the only...
...Princeton infield is one of the best in the circuit. It is headed by shortstop Jim Fairchild, 20-year-old Marine vet who played varsity ball in 1946 while a freshman. Fairchild, an outfielder on the Second Marine Division nine last year, stole 54 bases against reasonably tough opposition. Besides pitching, Dickman also emphasizes speed, and Fairchild has speed. He has already swiped ten bases and is aiming for a League record in that department...
...enrollment of veterans declines, federal appropriations under the present G.I. Bill might gradually be diverted to support non-vet students of ability and need, the report suggested...
...Britain, at least, there was no longer any point in warning citizens that they were selling their birthright of freedom for a mess of pottage. Bevan, the bulldog breed's new vet, could reply that Britons could eat tastier, tougher fare than pottage now that they had got new false teeth from the health service. As TIME's London Bureau Chief Eric Gibbs cabled...
Climbing into the silo, Partridge built a small ramp from the floor to the feed-door, and milked the cow "to make things easier for her." Then Partridge greased cow and ramp, and hitched on ropes fore and aft. The vet gave Grady a sedative. While Partridge pushed Grady from the rear, Mach and some neighbors pulled. Out slid Grady with nary a scratch...