Word: behind
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...able to link up with the encircled Twelfth Nationalist Army Group at Suhsien, 50 miles to the south, they would be a serious threat to the rear of Communist General Chen Yi, commanding the Huai River attack. Chen Yi made a quick about-face. Leaving a small holding force behind on the Huai, he sent six columns (some 125,000 men) to cope with the threat from the north...
Later, his birthday and the hunt behind him, Churchill stood up on the floor of the House of Commons and, amid grave silence from his colleagues, demanded from Prime Minister Clement Attlee an account of the Labor government's stewardship over the nation's moldering defenses...
Attlee sat slumped down as far as he could get on a front bench, almost hidden behind a paper on which he doodled continuously. At one point, Churchill asked...
...that choked the Metropolitan Opera's 39th Street entrance came early, and wasn't disappointed. From glossy limousines stepped glossy fine ladies, dragging their tails behind them. The place was fuzzy with ermine, mink, diamonds and dignitaries. There was a shout, "Here comes Lily Pons!" followed by a buzzing ("Yeah? Didn't know she was a blonde"). The Widow Betty Henderson, showoff of cafe society, who got tapped for the front page of all the tabs last year by stretching her 71-year-old leg on a table in the bar, arrived with a raspberry-colored hairdo...
...Behind the Counter. Childs could not have picked a better man than Hennessy to put back the flavor. In his 35 years with the Statler chain, where he began ,as a steward, he spent most of his time showing cooks and waiters how to improve food and service. When the new Hotel Statler opened in Washington, white-aproned Chairman Hennessy put in six months as head chef. Hotels are generally glad to break even on food sales, but Hennessy managed to make 8-10% profit on Statler dining rooms...