Word: whirlwind
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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That legend is Bob Hope. It sprang up swiftly, telepathically, among U.S. servicemen in Britain this summer, traveling faster than even whirlwind Hope himself, then flew ahead of him to North Africa and Sicily, growing larger as it went. Like most legends, it represents measurable qualities in a kind of mystical blend. Hope was funny, treating hordes of soldiers to roars of laughter. He was friendly-ate with servicemen, drank with them, read their doggerel, listened to their songs. He was indefatigable, running himself ragged with five, six, seven shows a day. He was figurative-the straight link with home...
Anyone who wishes to vote Republican in 1944 now cannot merely put an "X" at the top of one ballot and be done with it. He must mark a Republican ballot for President, another for Congress, a third for State and county offices. Oklahoma Democrats were prepared for the whirlwind...
...Sicily last week flamboyant General Sir Bernard Law Montgomery gave a whirlwind interview. Asked how long the Sicilian campaign would last, he said...
...experimental laboratory to a production plant almost as fast as it rockets through the sky. The U.S. Army ordered 13, then 80, then thousands. The British ordered 200, then 800. Meanwhile Larry got orders for thousands of machine-gun adapters, hundreds of Flying Fortress fuselage parts. To handle this whirlwind of business, Bell Aircraft expanded again & again, built another large plant, boosted employment from 60 to over 10,000. Result: squadrons of Bell Airacobras now fight in Britain, Australia and Russia, have knocked down as many as 39 German planes with only one loss. Their big handicap: an effective fighting...
...Saturday night Eleanor Roosevelt, wearing a grey satin evening gown, stepped into a limousine, swooshed out of the slushy White House grounds. Two police motorcycles preceded the First Lady on her customary whirlwind sweep of the President's Birthday Balls...