Word: zoom
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Climb into my zoom buggy and come on down to Rusty's for a naked steak and a P.C." (Let's drive to the eatery fof a hamburger-with no trimmings-and a plain chocolate milk...
...Zealand used to be full of flight-.ess birds, including the giant moa twelve feet tall. They had scrapped their flying apparatus because they didn't need it; there were few ground enemies to zoom away from. But when man (first the Maoris, then the whites) arrived in New Zealand, bringing along dogs, cats and rats, the flightless birds had a tough time. Some went the way of the dodo...
When a lacrosse team beats Exeter, it's as much news as man-bites-dog. George Hanford's '51 stickmen did it Saturday to the tune of 8 to 3. Meanwhile, on the Cape, Paul Birdsall scored four times, and that was enough for the Jayvees to zoom to a 4 to 3 win over Tabor...
...trip's most somber moment came when Mr. King visited the Canadian military cemetery at Bergen op Zoom.* It was dark when he got there, in a cavalcade of cars that slithered over slippery roads, but automobile headlights lit up the rows of 1,800 white crosses. The Prime Minister placed a wreath on the central monument. Then, head bared to a cold rain, he walked slowly along the rows, reading the names on the crosses. When he left for London to attend the wedding of Princess Elizabeth, Prime Minister King carried a memory of Canada's fighting...
When the Army discharged him because of his frail stomach, Mel began a well-publicized zoom. After starring in a movie (Good News), he pirouetted right into his own NBC show, Tormé Time (Sat. 5:30 p.m.). Says Mel, somewhat mysteriously: "My face is not prolific. I'm a stylist. . . I've got a distinctive sound." Despite his unprolific face, Tormé will probably make about $250,000 next year...