Word: sergeanting
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...response to their frantic appeals, Professor Casner good-naturedly agreed to appear in their defense. But even the best legal obscurantism and phraseological browbeating had no effect on the hard-headed magistrate of Newton. With a "Hey, you, enough of that!" from the Sergeant-at-Arms, Professor Casner was forced to let the law take its course. Adelman and co-defendant were fined twice the usual amount...
...Into San Antonio's revenue office an Army sergeant marched 50 soldiers in uniform, to file their tax returns...
Kathryn the Great. Many months ago, Lewis seized on the Gas, By-Products, Coke & Chemical Division of his U.M.W., put an old & trusted henchman, Ora Gassaway, in top-sergeant command. Tough, unbeautiful Mr. Gassaway was only a top sergeant. Real boss was Daughter Kathryn, whom Lewis made secretary-treasurer...
Braggart. In Albuquerque, N. Mex., Daniel Jones wrote on his draft questionnaire: "I murdered a man." Arrested, he explained that he had lied because he wanted to be a sergeant, understood that the Army liked its men hardboiled...
...Actor: Gary Cooper (for Sergeant York, in Sergeant York); actress: Joan Fontaine (for Lina McLaidlaw, in Suspicion...