Word: whirlwinding
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...whirlwind tour of U.S. war plants, suave Captain Lyttelton told reporters that Britain's production was now in sight of its limit. For the U.S., he said with pleased amazement, "there is no peak." At Ford's giant Willow Run bomber plant, Captain Lyttelton praised the action of Detroit-made M-3 tanks in Libya as "just the cat's whiskers...
Brown's team, the first he has selected, was further marked by the presence of "Stuts" Modzelowski of Rhode Island State at the other forward spot. Modzelowski is the Pawtucket whirlwind who has already smashed Angelo "Hank" Luisetti's three year scoring mark. The Rhode Islander has led his quintet to their best season in history, and is the country's highest scorer...
...whirlwind closing half, the '45 cagers maintained their lead despite furious attacks by the fast-moving opponents. In the closing minutes, the fateful foul was committed and the shot neatly completed tieing the score, 50-50, and forcing the contest in to a five-minute overtime period...
...them sweeping forward, saw the soldiers that cast their rifles down and blindly fled; barons I saw and bankers and archbishops driven before the whirlwind of the dead...
...year ago last week, flushed with an impressive string of whirlwind victories, Adolf Hitler trumpeted that "the year . . . will bring completion of the greatest victory in our history...