Word: cinderella
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Cinderella. A good example of Wylie in action is his discussion of the American figments he calls mom and Cinderella. Says he: "Filial duty was recognized by many sorts of civilizations," and filial love and honor have normally been accorded those women who honestly earned it. "But I cannot think, offhand, of any civilization except ours in which an entire division of living men has been used, during wartime, or at any time, to spell out the word 'mom' on a drill field...
...when temporary stars fall from generals like Cinderella's finery at midnight, Lieut. General Eisenhower (who became a brigadier general only a year ago) and Major General Handy will revert to lieutenant colonel and major respectively, with the right to run a regiment and a battalion. Until then, they have their turn at making history and making their stars stick...
...pivot post, lanky Jack Fisher should give a good account of himself for all his lack of game experience. Flanking him will be two more second-year men, chunky Sid Smith and Boston's Charlie Gudaitis, whose Cinderella rise to the first-string end on Chief Boston's Yardling eleven last year caught the fan- cies of the in-town sports editors...
Smith is sure that Hitler, "the phenomenal Cinderella-boy from Braunau, has had a swell time." But, because of the failure in Russia, the Home Front's decline, and the growing disunity in the nation, "it would appear to be getting on toward midnight. Even with his expertness at it, it is highly unlikely that he can turn this particular clock back...
...Navy hopes that a solution is at last pouring down the ways; a 1942 version of the subchaser. But World War I's "Cinderella" has gone through a face lifting. There are two types for 1942: 1) a 110-ft. wood-hulled boat for inshore work, 2) a steel-hulled 173-footer for oceangoing. A third and larger one is in the making. These...