Word: wing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...President's regular Monday conference with the Democratic leaders of Congress is usually held in his big oval office in the Executive wing of the White...
...stage a mutiny and are defeated. The Fascist radio operator gives a Nazi bomber their position. The bomber's guns rake the decks murderously before Humphrey, Bogart, singlehanded, shoots it down. Cinemactor Bogart slaughters the surviving members of the bomber crew where they stand, afloat on the ruined wing, which is a powerful symbol for vanquished Germany. At the end, the ex-convicts are shown fighting and dying for their country...
...amazing persons indeed. Chief Clem, the only chief in the Navy who pronounces "Idea" & "Idear," shares with Mickey Cochrane of Detroit Tiger baseball came the distinction of being one of the two graduates of Boston University to have won 12 letters. Chief Clem was left halfback in football right wing in hockey, fancy diving ace of the swimming team, and a tennis star winning three letters in each of these four sports. A native Bostonian, he holds B.S. in education and an E.D.M. (master degree in physical education), both from...
When Britain went to war again, in 1939, Lionel Cohen was qualified as an observer with the R.A.F.V.R., was assigned as Air Liaison Officer with the Navy. Now 68, Wing Commander Cohen is the R.A.F.'s oldest flying officer. He has made 45 operational flights, totaling 500 air hours. Last week he got another ribbon, added another item to his record: he is the oldest recipient of the coveted, candy-striped Distinguished Flying Cross...
...Wing-collared, boutonniered John Bullock, who died in 1933, originated "The Bullock Ideal": a service-first set of rules that starts with ". . . a business that will never know completion. . . ." But diminutive, 62-year-old "P. G." Winnett, now president and principal stockholder (to the extent of around 30%) turned the ideal into a merchandising fact. It was P. G. who started the Magnin merger talks, which he and Grover Magnin settled in less than an hour...