Word: beach
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Winchell told the press, whose major members stayed out of the controversy, that because of the Blue's action "the war is already lost back home." He hinted at dire backstage figures who were out to get him and, when President Woods telephoned him at his Miami Beach hotel, he sputtered: "How about using your network to say that I think the time has come when the Blue Network should be taken over by the people?" Woods kept calm and Winchell continued: "I intend to remain as free as the air, not as free as the air waves...
...Alexandre and Moati, who gave U.S. and British troops the signal to land on an Algerian beach. Alexandre, before he escaped from France to Algiers, assisted in General Giraud's own escape from Vichyfrance to join the Allies...
...take the place of bridges. Wending its serpentine way through the Norman greenery, the river flows past the village of Villequier, once the home of Victor Hugo, begins to turn salty near Quillebeuf, painted by the seascapist Boudin. The exhibition, with six splendid Boudins including a glimpse of the beach at Trouville, ends with Corot's serene view of seaside Honfleur...
...supply lines for gasoline, parts and crews. At heart still a tackle (West Point 1924-25), Blondie was a Flying Commander, too, led many a bombing mission. On a raid over the Shortland Islands his pilot and co-pilot were killed. Saunders took the controls, crash-landed on a beach from which he and other survivors were picked up next...
...While ground troops hold off the Japs, the Mary Ann's crew patches her together in the jungle. Over the Coral Sea she joins fighters, torpedo and dive-bombers in a tremendous attack on the Jap Fleet, limps away after the battle, lands on an Australian beach...