Word: blows
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Jersey's new, broom-wielding Governor Walter Evans Edge struck a blow at the very vitals of the kakistocracy* in Democratic Boss Frank Hague's Hudson County. He signed into law a bill passed by the Republican-dominated legislature, compelling Hudson County to install voting machines in each of its 658 election districts. To Hudson County dwellers, who have known only the juggernaut Hague machine (X marks the voter, dead or alive) for 27 years, this was a shock. No longer will Boss Hague be able to sit back on election night, wait until all other Jersey votes...
...Death Blow. "The skipper said he was going to set her down on the sea, and for me to open an escape hatch. The Jap came in again. His guns blazed. A bullet hit the skipper in the chest but he still kept the plane under control. Somehow, with one foot shot away, part of his face blown in, his hands a mass of bloody flesh and a hole straight through his chest, he did set the 'Golden Gator' down on the water. ... I picked myself up and reached for the skipper. But he was dead...
...Next Blow. Where the next big blow will fall is the Jap's as well as the U.S.'s problem. But the Jap must think hardest, for he is on the defensive, and he is facing overwhelming forces. Only the barrier of distance is decisively on his side...
...next blow might come in the south, and the enemy knows it. During the recent period of spectacular Central Pacific operations, Allied forces have never stopped applying steady, increasing pressure in New Guinea and the Solomons. Japan's vital Rabaul base has been savagely battered by Army & Navy air power based in the South Pacific. The next few weeks might well see a shifting of U.S. naval strength to that area...
...whatever point the next big blow is pointed, the next objective now is Truk. The Navy may intend to occupy nearby islands like Kusaie and Ponape, by-pass Truk. The Pacific Fleet, supported by island-based fighters and bombers, might be able to neutralize Truk. But one way or another Truk, base for the Jap fleet and a base the U.S. could use, must be canceled...