Word: old-school
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Emerging from the shadows of its pro-Chamberlain appeasement period, the Times last week was credited with throwing away its old-school tie. getting a bead on the 20th Century instead of the 19th, reclaiming its right to be called "The Thunderer...
...clandestine short-wave station calling itself Gustav Siegfried Eins began sending out anti-Nazi propaganda from inside Germany. Its voice identified itself as "The Chief." The Chief's policy was anti-Semitic and anti-Communistic, as well as anti-Nazi, leading listeners to suspect a group of old-school monarchist Army officers. Chief gripe: the awarding of the Iron Cross to SA and SS men for killing Jews and Communists. Sample...
...Universal) is one of those cheap Hollywood offerings ($350,000) which startle even their closest friends with huge returns (present guesstimate: $1,000,000). It also gives audiences a satisfactory opportunity to appraise the talents of Broadway Comics Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, a new pair of old-school comedians full of blackface repartee and Mack Sennett slapstick...
General Rodrigo Quevedo, another old-school warrior, boss of Chihuahua...
...Ellington, 62, stepped out voluntarily.* Both men are air veterans of World War I, younger Sir Edgar having the more brilliant record as a fighting pilot. Sir Edward served from 1919 to 1921 as director general of the Air Ministry's supply and research but is now considered old-school...