Word: blitzing
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...went after it. He set out across the country to campaign for the nomination. Before the Republicans gathered in Philadelphia, Taft had one of the smoothest Republican organizations ever formed. But it was not good enough. Although Taft was confident that he would win, the historic blitz carried Willkie in on the sixth ballot. Trudging out of the Philadelphia convention hall, the defeated Taft vowed: ''Never again...
...dreadful blitz days of 1940, the editorial in the London Times may have seemed a minor issue. But not to the Times's readers. The editorial had simply reported that out of a group of 31 children evacuated to the country, 19 did not know who was born on the first Christmas Day. The paper was hardly on the street before hundreds of Britons were writing in, blitz notwithstanding, to deplore the work of "our Godless schools...
Evangelist Billy Graham, 35, arrived in London to conduct his own special blitz against sin. An audience of over 7,000 filled Albert Hall to hear his sermon. The Graham theme: "I am absolutely convinced that we are living in an hour just before the judgment of God strikes." His score for the first evening: seven converts...
Sunday morning was like London after a blitz night, with cars overturned, burned buildings still smoldering, and a strange quiet. The cabinet met for three hours; the air was filled with the expectancy of a dramatic move: breaking off relations with Britain. But Nahas Pasha's ministers didn't get the chance...
...airports, the Soviet potential for striking out suddenly from hundreds of places would be immeasurably increased. Airfields are being strengthened, but there are few indications of extensive rail and road building, the kind that would be necessary for a long, sustained war, as distinct from a quick blitz. Western intelligence officers regard 1952 as "the big year" of supreme tension, but the cautious hunch of almost every qualified observer...