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...chinny comedian also does a female impersonation. Crosby, who marks his tenth movie anniversary with this film, celebrates the occasion by being in customary good voice. Best Numbers: Moonlight Becomes You, Constantly. Dorothy Lamour will probably pick up a few more votes as the Army's favorite pin-up girl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Nov. 23, 1942 | 11/23/1942 | See Source »

...pin that cost me nearly half a buck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 16, 1942 | 11/16/1942 | See Source »

...Washington. The top agencies divide the contractors. The winning board then pores over its contracts, warns companies their contracts are up for renegotiation. The companies' first move: bookkeepers tally up the latest figures, cost accountants wrangle with shop foremen over factory expenses, company bigwigs sweat over hard-to-pin-down items like depreciation, obsolescence, reserves for post-war conversion. Sometimes gimlet-eyed price-board agents hang around to try to make sure no penny is mislaid. This statistical roundup takes days, perhaps months, sometimes actually interferes with war production...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: Great Game of War Contract | 11/16/1942 | See Source »

Another growing shortage: pin boys. In many alleys pin girls are already setting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Alley Problem | 11/2/1942 | See Source »

...gotta pin this on someone," shouted the vice-president in charge of sales to the harassed detective...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Busy School Men Must Play Detective in Case System | 10/30/1942 | See Source »

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