Word: acclaims
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...beast spoke from the Brussels radio, as his troops fled the city, and his message was to Belgians. But for Germans who heard him, this was the harshest, strangest warning yet: "You [Belgians] will acclaim the Allied troops as they march through your streets. You will do that because you know that Britain has never lost the last battle...
...appeared without public notice, drove to the Arc de Triomphe, waved and smiled his Kansas smile. The General had invited De Gaulle to accompany him, but other duties prevented. But with Ike Eisenhower were De Gaulle's seconds in command: Generals Koenig and Leclerc. Again Paris roared its acclaim. There was no sniping. Said De Gaulle to the jubilant Parisians...
Quick to throw their hats in the air were the members of the Senate Military Affairs Committee who had blocked Patton's promotion since last October. In the sudden new acclaim for Tanker Patton, Albert ("Happy") Chandler rose hurriedly and intoned: "At this hour he [Patton] is perhaps the greatest tank soldier in the world ... I have changed my mind...
...catastrophe into writing his first poem in seven years. He sent The Wreck of the Deutschland to his young friend, Poet Robert Bridges, who carefully pasted the epic into an album. There it remained for 40 years, until publication of Hopkins' collected works brought the long-dead Jesuit acclaim as one of the most remarkable poets...
...airborne operation was commanded by Colonel Philip G. Cochran of Erie, Pa., who won five medals as a fighter pilot in North Africa, even wider acclaim as the model for "Flip Corkin," Cartoonist Milton Caniff's hero of Terry and the Pirates. First glider pilot to land was handsome Flight Officer Jackie ("The Kid") Coogan, first husband of blond Pin-Up Girl Betty Grable (her second: Jive Bandsman Harry James). Said Flight Officer Coogan: "I sure feel confident riding with Indian troops as passengers." One of Cochran's transport pilots: Lieut. John ("Buddy") Lewis, lanky, hard-hitting third...