Word: baseness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...pussyfooted; he ordered the admirals and generals to give him "additional clarifying information" about their programs. The Air Force came off better. As a first step, the Air Force said that within ten days it would begin disbanding its all-Negro 332 Fighter Wing at Lockbourne Air Force Base in Ohio. By the end of the year its 2,000 men would be sprinkled through the Air Force; other Negro units in the Air Force, but not all of them, would be broken up in the same...
...Legless Men. When Van Fleet arrived in Athens 15 months ago, the Red rash was still spreading across the pockmarked face of Greece. After the first guerrilla victories, Russia had seen a chance to harass the West with turmoil and terror in Greece and to win a great Mediterranean base for communism. The obedient satellites on Greece's north provided arms and other material aid, sanctuary for hard-pressed guerrillas, hospitals, training bases. Whether they fought voluntarily or under duress, the guerrilla soldiers were Greeks. For Russia it was a cheap try for big stakes. In March...
Adams batters couldn't touch Dwight's fast ball and his crafty drop. Nine Gold Coasters struck out, and only five reached base, four being walked and one being hit by a pitch...
...twice in the sixth, and once more in the seventh, the Terrier pups appropriated three last runs in the top of the ninth. With one out Agganis singled and scored on third baseman Hurley's single. Gayzagian added the final touch with a two run homer, his third extra base wallop, his fourth and fifth runs batted...
...world war, the Museum fared a bit better. As someone said, "the Germanic Museum was the first bit of University territory to be occupied by the United States Army and the last to be evacuated." It served first as a school for army chaplains, and later as a training base for Military Government officials, perhaps to prepare them for a Teutonic atmosphere...