Word: wonders
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...most exciting sequence is the climax showing the defeat of a German tank column by a battery of British guns. You can watch every move of the monster machines, in a way that makes you wonder how any sort of guns or men can stand up against them. The job was done under the direction of Hollywood's Col. Zanuck, and now and then in the course of the action Dear Darryl makes sure you know that he was the boss. All of it, though, is much more clearly photographed than any other front-line shots taken to date...
...elementary" ... is was very, very systematic ... painstaking and "painsgiving," too--what maneuvering, man, oh man! The Target Ship must have been doing a Conga ... and still caught one amidships ... Note to signalman strikers ... for lessons in signaling (semaphore to you) with your feet, see Mr. Grant ... I wonder, did he ever work for Ford...
...Crimson rips into the Times report with the accusation that the exam was presented to the students in such a way as to arouse suspicion as to the motivation behind it and to make them wonder how the results would be used. "The circumstances were also apparently such as to annoy the students and to invite ironical and flippant answers." the Crimson pointed out. "For example, Portland, Oregon was frequently said to be located on the Mississippi River or on the Atlantic seaboard, and Franklin Roosevelt was listed among the Presidents who have been assassinated...
...Times' questionnaire was apparently presented to the students in such a way as to arouse suspicion as to the motivation behind it and to make them wonder how the results would be used. The circumstances were also apparently such as to annoy the students and to invite ironical and flippant answers (e.g., Portland, Oregon, was frequently said to be located on the Mississippi River or on the Atlantic seaboard, and Franklin D. Roosevelt was listed among the presidents who have been assassinated...
Question & Answer. In Columbus, Ohio, William Oliver told the judge why he had sabotaged a juke box; every time he tried to get I Wonder What's Become of Sally he got an answer: Somebody Else Is Taking My Place...