Word: wasps
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...class and places a "restraining influence" on the Professors whenever a "quip" is forthcoming? The secret is out. She is Miss Thelma Cutter of the Glass Hall secretarial staff, who, incidentally, is progressing admirably in the studies given the "Singing Statisticians." If ever a Women's Army Statistical Patrol (WASP) is organized, she'll surely become No. 1 Stinger...
Died. Howard C. Marmon, 66, automobile maker and pioneer designer of racing cars; of a heart attack; in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. In 1911 his Marmon Wasp won the first 500-mile international sweepstake on the Indianapolis Speedway, averaging 74.59 m.p.h. He helped develop World War I's famed Liberty plane motor, later produced a notable 16-cylinder Marmon that was a symbol of automotive dash and speed...
...when the men of the AAF Statistical School start running over the newly completed Obstacle Course. It is for certain that the Obstacle Course is not a fat man's dream because everyone who uses the Course for the period of time they are here will be known as "Wasp-Waist Charlie...
Announced U.S. losses (not including those in naval actions during the last fortnight-see p. 23): two carriers (Hornet, Wasp), six cruisers, 13 destroyers, five transports, "hundreds" of men, an undisclosed number of airplanes...
Lieutenant Bodell, who was commissioned through the Harvard Naval R.O.T.C., served on the Wasp from September 18, 1941 until it was sunk by submarines last September...