Word: woode
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...nights and a day, the 17,000-ton missile cruiser Canberra cut through an uneasy sea in rain and fog that blotted out the destroyers Barton and Wood port and starboard. Finally, on the second day, after knifing through the Gulf Stream, Canberra moved into the Bahama Islands' 100-mile-long Exuma Sound to be welcomed by warm sun and blue sky. Behind, through the veil of rain, lay the ship's Norfolk pier and beyond that Ike's own pier, the White House. On the horizon: the ragged smudge of Cat Island. To the northeast...
...STAN WOOD...
Kaye has returned recently from a world-wide tour he made on behalf of the United Nations International Children's Educational Fund. The actor's more recent film appearances have been in the "Inspector General," "Hans Christian Andersen," "The Court Jester," and "Knock on Wood...
...other events, the Broadmoor had flown in the best figure skaters from Europe. Japan hopefully sent over five contestants, including a twelve-year-old girl. Carried away by it all, whooping Westerners hustled the bewildered foreign skaters through mock branding ceremonies (with redhot irons that sizzled slabs of wood clapped over the visitors' backsides) and dragged them on lariats to the Broadmoor Hotel's front desk...
...spirit, in fact, has just about vanished. The songs have no lilt, the lyrics no verve, the sketches no crackle. The dancing has its bits of color and movement, but never the slightest distinction. In such feckless fandangos, the better performers-Billy De Wolfe, Harold Lang and Helen Wood-are largely wasted, while most other performers only make things worse...