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...name for its war. The thought the name should convey: a struggle to preserve the democracies and the small people of the world. "War With the Axis Powers," which someone suggested, was too long. The President did not like "Second World War," "World War II." Not enough zip, Mr. Roosevelt declared...
...Louisiana Purchase," one of Broadway's topflight musicals of last year, has been turned into a movie with the same songs, almost the same cast, the identical story, and none of the zip that made the original the hit it was. As a matter of fact, this close adherence to the original probably accounts for a large part of the film's weakness; long scenes don't ruin a stage-play, but when they're translated literally on the screen, they become tiresome. And "Louisiana Purchase" has so many of them that even the actors are tired when...
...What America needs today is a good 5? war song. The nation is literally crying for a good, peppy marching song, something with plenty of zip, ginger and fire. Something like Over There, Keep the Home Fires Burning, Pack Up Your Troubles...
Although the game featured many penalties and faculty ball-handling by both squads, the superior zip of the Dunster eleven tipped the scales. The Gold Coasters definitely had an off-day, but with the return of Phil Neagle, and some more practice, they may be able to keep the drives going that were stopped this afternoon, but that should produce touchdowns later in the season. Kieran Culliton should go to town as the season wears on with his passes to the ends and Bob Hurley. So don't count Adams out on the basis of the weak showing today...
...there was a difference. The annual day-long parade had more zip, more color, more of a grim military note. Men gathered in hundreds to sing God Bless America, and some of them wept. From the sidewalks they shouted "To hell with Hitler." The spirit was the old spirit: "What son-of-a-bitch, or combination of sonsofbitches, thinks he can lick us?" World War II had wrought a great change. Legion membership rose 20,000 in 1939; 25,000 more in 1940; 30,000 more this year...