Word: whee
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Allen Matthews was the oldest man in his Marine company, and known to the rest as "Pop." By the twelfth day of the battle for Iwo Jima, only three men were left of his 32-man platoon. Then, from Iwo's craggy, ridge-locked plateau came the whee-ee-eet-whee-ee-eet of the moaning Minnies.* There was a moment of blackness, a scream, and then silence...
...early days of radio seemed far away and long ago-and a little idyllic. Where now was the unforced exuberance of the bell-voiced announcers? radio's own Ipana Troubadours? But praisers of time past could not deny that in 15 years radio had progressed from whee-eeking charm to become an enormous influence in U.S. life. Some indices of NBC's share in this growth...
...picture of NBC as a human phenomenon would be framed by its Radio City home-with a slablike, grand exterior and an interior like a rabbit warren. The characters would include hundreds of cool whee-eeking charm, technicians, not-so-cool directors, musicians, nervous clockwatchers and imperturbable stenographers, "vice presidents" of notorious number. It would include hopeful actors, agency men, press agents, uniformed guards and guides and endless parties of shuffling visitor...
...McClellan's 56.2 century win, Bob White's 1:11.6 breast-stroke effort, and Whee Smith's victory in the dive, the All-Star swimming squad had little difficulty in subduing the Kirkland Deacons, league champions, 33 to 24. Mike Brody, Al Mathis, and Bill Jay starred for the House titlists...