Word: wisps
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...most of Hollywood, security is a will-o'-the-wisp, but there are exceptions. Last week 47-year-old Darryl F. Zanuck, starting his 15th year as 2Oth Century-Fox's production boss, signed up for 20 years more. The new contract will keep Zanuck at his present job for another ten years, will then claim his "exclusive service in an advisory capacity...
...such profound cold the molecules will be almost deathly still. Zero itself'will not have been reached. Ityis a will-o'-the-wisp game that physicists play: zero can be pursued and approached, but never actually captured...
...short pass game, dear to every soccer coach's heart, has been a will-o-the-wisp on the Business School Field this fall. Bruce Munro and his team agree it is the objective of their autumnal exercise--and best way to score goals against other teams, but so far it hasn't materialized...
...dust rose over the city, and suddenly a strong, crazy wind blew up, first from one direction, then another. After a moment's silence came the small voices of human beings-shouts and cries which rose into a din throughout the city. At 5:27 a thin grey wisp of smoke crawled up behind the sagging department store. It grew larger. The fire had begun...
Rosy Glow. The bull was still scraggly, unsteady on his feet, not quite sure whether he was going to bellow or belch. Though still young enough to be scared by any wisp of bad news that came floating along, he was learning slowly-and, most important of all, putting on a little weight every week. Almost everyone admitted he was a pretty cute trick...