Word: stringes
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...badge good in Santa Monica, Calif., Comedienne Gracie Fields arrived for a vacation in the U. S. after patriotically entertaining Tommies at the front. For Manhattan ship newsmen she sang this extra verse of her famous song, The Biggest Aspidistra* in the World: They're going to string old Hitler From the very highest branch Of the biggest aspidistra in the world...
Jimmy Redmon is still out of the lineup, but this week another shift in the weights provides first string men right through the team with the exception of Harry Blaine at 128. Pete Illman has recovered from his injured wrist and will be wrestling at 145 this week, ten pounds lighter than he was before. Meanwhile, Bruce Richardson has gone down to the 136 pound class...
Last week Japanese reverently celebrated the 2,600th anniversary of the assumption of divine rule by Hirohito's ancestor Jimmu, first of Japan's unbroken (but, thanks to some perfectly divine concubines, occasionally knotted) string of 124 emperors. To Occidentals, the celebration looked like so much hocuspocus. This scoffing attitude was symptomatic of the blind misunderstanding of Japan's ways which last week threatened-in the opinion of some sober commentators, more immediately than Europe's troubles-to get the U. S. into...
According to the bill, each plea for a hospital made by "responsible public authorities" will be thoroughly investigated by the purse-string committee of Dr. Parran and six hand-picked hospital specialists. Most of the money will probably go to Southern villages for general hospitals...
...Yardling tank team which can be described only as mediocre will face its strongest opponent to date at 7:30 o'clock when the Worcester Academy swimmers will strive to shatter the '43 string of victories...