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Next night, the 41st carried off a similar attack a few miles farther north. This time the raiders had to scale a cliff before reaching the rail line, but they blew a stretch of track into a mess of twisted steel. Purpose of the two attacks was not only to slow down the enemy's southward flow of war supplies, but to remind him that the lull in the Korean fighting was not by any means a total ceasefire. It was one more oddity of an odd war that after weeks of palaver over where a truce line should...
Eight days later, Daninos received a second questionnaire repeating many of the previous questions. Daninos blew up. Last week the Paris Figaro frontpaged a Daninos letter to President Truman. Said Daninos: "Being only vaguely informed about the U.S., I would like to proceed with an 'investigation check.'" Sample questions directed at the U.S.: "1) What were you doing before the discovery of America? (List of residences before and after 1492-complete history of employment.) 2) What is your complexion? Distinctive marks and characteristics? 3) References: give the names of three major and responsible countries, not related...
Satisfied, Johnson put him on probation, but not without indicating that hell would probably have no fury like a judge whose favorite youth-saving plan blew up in his face. "The public," he said, "is going to want to know what happens to Kimbrell...
...that the lettering on the cross should read, "Lieut. Colonel Pedro Gomez." Two weeks later, far from dead and hoping to see his sweetheart, Gomez was railroading in a gondola car with some of Villa's dynamiters. One of them accidentally touched off a fuse and the car blew up. The only survivor: Gomez...
...month later a hurricane-one of the worst natural disasters in United Fruit's history-blew down 95% of the banana trees at Tiquisate on the Pacific coast...