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Donald Duck, in aviator's clothing, pulling a worm with a Hitler head out of the ground, is flying with General de Gaulle's Free French Forces. Decked out in a British Admiral's uniform, he is also treading the decks of the aircraft carrier Illustrious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Mammal-of-the-Year | 12/29/1941 | See Source »

...Bureau of Supervisors. As head of the T. S. E., administrator of the N. Y. A. funds at Harvard, and responsible for the dispensation of the 4,500 jobs that come through his office in a year, he claims he "hasn't the private life of a worm...

Author: By Paul C. Sheeline, | Title: Employment Bureau Handles All Jobs | 11/14/1941 | See Source »

...shows Tyrone Power in modern dress -and about time. As a cocky American pilot with an eye for the ladies, dark-eyed Tyrone is a Yank who fights at Dunkirk with the R.A.F. Although he feels called upon from time to time to refer to himself as "a worm," his performance is not as bad as all that, is pleasantly human...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Oct. 13, 1941 | 10/13/1941 | See Source »

...registrants, calmly explained that he was just waiting till he was sure they were definitely in the institution before he pulled that line about giving them unlimited credit till June of their Senior year. "You may be an early bird," he beamed "but I prefer to be a smart worm...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshmen Considered Putty In Hands of Strange Fate | 9/20/1941 | See Source »

...Correspondent Steele met Major General Liu Teh-ming. General Liu had gone to Shanghai, attempted to worm his way into the confidence of Arch-Traitor Wang Ching-wei's underlings, was suspected, taken to No. 76. First the chief of the torturers used persuasion; then, says General...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Japanese Torture | 7/21/1941 | See Source »

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