Word: blows
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...even drawings. Working with the F.F.I, he cut telephone wires, stretched ropes across highways to trap German dispatch riders. He raided German guard posts to steal guns and documents. "We'd steal explosives and carry them away in sacks. Two or three days later a bridge would blow...
...short, the Germans were badly cheated at the price they paid. And now they continued to pay for their miscalculation, for Eisenhower was two jumps ahead of their timetable. Since Lieut. General George S. Patton's swing through Normandy, they had never been ready for the next blow...
March 15, as the Russians reach the Rumanian border, the Allies strike at Cassino (this was the only blow that failed in the entire series...
...other omission is the stage of the campaign reached last week. As summer wore on, the nature of the pattern began to alter slightly. Instead of repetitions following one after another, they began to overlap-one blow or even two fell before the previous exploitation was complete. The theme remained the same but the rhythm was syncopated...
Back in Wedgewood Margaret urged Emily to stay in bed and rest her heart. When Roger called with the engagement ring in his pocket, Margaret kept him downstairs, murmured tearfully: "Emily hasn't long to live. . . . It's a blow to all of us." Roger left, horrified. Emily phoned Roger, but he did not answer. Reason: Gloria was sitting firmly...