Word: blanke
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...days, the fall of Sevastopol had been near. But the Russians had been stubborn. German artillery blazed point-blank at the concrete, steel and limestone of Maxim Gorki " Fort. Bombs chewed great craters in its upper levels. At 800 yards, then at 500, the mouths of the fort's 13-in guns yawned at the attackers, so close that the pressure from the blasts crushed tanks and men, and the orange and crimson flames seemed to singe the dead. When the Germans at last swarmed over the fort, a Nazi radio reporter's voice crackled with epic exasperation...
...strutted so jauntily through the crowd, shoving Coop agents aside with arm free of the dreaded writers' cramp. He grinned broadly when he remembered the look of dismay which had covered the faces of the members of the War Service committee when he had handed them back their Questionnaire, blank and neatly torn through the middle. He'd done his bit: the first three hours of an ARP course. What more could-they want...
Although upperclassmen are looking forward to the opportunity of helping baffied Summer School beauties solve the mysteries of a Harvard registration blank, Mem Hall registrars have little hope that this innovation will do more than slow down the flow of students between the tables...
...main bulk of the registrees appeared about 11 o'clock, and by nightfall, when the doors were closed, only six or seven men were left filling out the many blanks and cards, and they were hustled along by various attendants. Included for the first time was an official application blank for the army ROTC course, accompanied by an explanatory memorandum from their headquarters in Wadsworth House, once General George Washington's base of operations. Also among the assorted pamphlets and information folders was a booklet addressed to "new students" on "Suggestions for Effective Study" produced by the Bureau of Supervisors...
...Under the system now being abandoned, the Government admittedly had no way of keeping track of the materials for which it had issued priorities. Some plants are believed to have stockpiled steel they will not need until 1943. Hereafter manufacturers with high priority ratings will no longer have a blank check for as much steel as they can grab...