Word: victor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Willis P. Miller, 28, pastor of the Disciples of Christ First Christian Church at Lynn, Mass., shared his pulpit with a new "assistant"-a ventriloquist's dummy named Victor who interrupts his sermons and Bible stories with questions, and, occasionally, quips...
Johnny Goldsmith of Lowell was top scorer of the game with 18 points, and along with Walt Coulson, was responsible for the victor's tight defense. Wally Baker and Dave Warden stood out on the Dunster squad...
Bouncy Betty Mutton, playing hostess at a birthday party for Victor ("Beautiful Hunk of Man") Mature, lent her celebrated lung power to help him blow out the candles. Later on, she let it be known that in a forthcoming movie she would take a fling at the role of Ophelia, in a strictly jive version of Hamlet. Sample lyrics, written for her by Frank (Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition) Loesser...
...Last Sentinels. But China did not yet have peace. The Reds, who had earlier agreed to negotiations, were making the most of victory. Acting President Li, in Nanking, sent an urgent personal appeal to Communist Boss Mao Tse-tung. The victor let the vanquished dangle. The Communist radio broadcast a statement that there could be no peace before the government had demonstrated its "sincerity" by handing over "war criminals" to the Communists: "Chiang Kai-shek is especially important. The said criminal has now fled and may very possibly go abroad to hide beneath the cloak of American and British imperialism...
Three men were hurt, five horses killed in the incident. Getting down off the knoll when they were ordered to retire, they almost lost their captain. Shrapnel killed Captain Truman's horse, which rolled over, pinning him underneath. Lieutenant Victor Housholder lifted up enough of the dead horse so that the boys could drag out their breathless captain...