Word: thinly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that of General Yamut, who was upped from command of the Turkish land forces when a bevy of high-ranking generals was retired or removed for being overage, overweight or overzealous in their support of Republican Inönü. At 61, Nüri Yamut is a leathery, thin-mouthed veteran who gets along well with top U.S. military aid officers, is thoroughly sold on modern techniques...
...stage, Joan Blondell heads an extensive stage show. Peggy Ryan and Ray MacDonald present a number of cute dance routines and Bert Wheeler gives an amusing recitation of "What is a Boy!" Singer Eddie Fisher does remarkable things with a voice worn thin by overwork--or emotion. Hank Ladd and the Marino Sisters, three acrobats with plenty of bounce to the ounce, round out the cast...
Early one February morning in 1943, the U.S. troop transport Dorchester was wallowing through icy seas off Greenland. Most of the 900 troops on board were asleep in their bunks. Suddenly a torpedo smashed into the Dorchester's thin flank. Frantically pounding up the ladders, the troops milled in confusion on the unfamiliar decks...
...publicity release, tells how the new drug was used on 23 ulcer patients who had not responded to conventional treatment. Twenty-two of them were wholly free of ulcer craters in three to six weeks. The 23rd responded too, but relapsed after discontinuing the pills. The proof is still thin, even for a newcomer drug. Kutrol will not win lasting pharmaceutical stardom until it has scored many more hits in the stomachs of ulcermen...
...news calls for a certain amount of pricking up of ears. With the publication of The Whole Armor, ears can be at ease. Like the 60-odd Baldwin novels that have preceded it, this earnest story of a young Manhattan minister's search for maturity has a pretty thin hemoglobin content...