Word: westernisms
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Airman Sherman called in Crommelin and announced his verdict. Crommelin was to get a stiff letter of reprimand, and would be transferred away forthwith from the pitfalls of Washington to San Francisco to serve as aviation officer on the staff of Vice Admiral George D. Murray, Commander of the Western Sea Frontier. That was all. But in the letter of reprimand, Crommelin was sternly told that his defiance of his superiors had "brought into question your fitness to exercise command or to occupy a position of trust and confidence...
...received honorary degrees from Harvard, Princeton, Wesleyan, Columbia, Pennsylvania, Williams, Boston University, University of Hawaii, Western Reserve, Trinity, Rollins, and the University of Lyons, France...
Their experience, and those of the three others, are surprisingly alike. All from Western Europe, their fear of Russia was stronger than their hatred of Germany...
...before hooraying for playwright Knox, it must be pointed out that too often his "thrills" turn out to be fakes. The "murderer" ringing the doorbell turns out to be only a Western Union boy, etc. The audience feels not only a considerable letdown but also the embarrassing feeling of having been duped. However, the game soon starts all over again, and this time--you're sure--it's in earnest...
...Among the deals: Manhattan's Western Union Bldg. to Omaha's tax-exempt Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society, for $12.5 million; Philadelphia's Lit Bros. store to the University of Pennsylvania, for $3,000,000. Wheat Farmer Thomas D. Campbell's huge Montana ranch to the U.S. Wheat Corp. of Omaha, owned by a Catholic foundation...