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...said, fortnight ago: "If we can knock [the Axis] out of the war, we can do what we like with Japan afterward...
...mule has served on both sides during World War II. The Italians, who used to buy 1,000 U.S. mules a year, used the beast constantly in Ethiopia, honored it afterward with a monument in a park in Rome. The Germans also favor the U.S. mule, and wherever their 800,000 horses go, the pack mule goes too. The British Army in India adds hundreds of U.S. mules every year to its thousands already in service...
...young men rapped sharply at the shiny knockers of old Colonial doors. Sleepy householders were told: "Be at Christ Church for a special service at 11 a.m. There will be two distinguished guests. Don't talk till afterward...
...four years ago, Powell took over-against the protest of oldsters who had been shocked by his marriage to a radio and nightclub singer, considered him a little too fancy and convivial for a preacher. His sermons dealt with everyday Harlem problems like high rents, jobs, the numbers racket. Afterward he stood in front of his pulpit, kissing the women of his congregation...
...South Dakota farm boy called "Duke." He had bagged five Japs. Said he: "The first formation of bombers was close up when we attacked. I am pretty sure I got two of them. I gave them bursts at from 200 to 50 yards and saw them both go down. . . . Afterward I saw three bombers cut loose to one side, so I went after them and I know I got two. I was alone and both went down in flames. Later on I got one fighter. When I landed I was fresh...