Word: blows
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...battle of Istra, north of Moscow, Rokossovsky's infantrymen stopped persistent German tank attacks with antitank rifles, Molotov cocktails and hand grenades. There he learned the staying power of foot soldiers properly equipped and properly led. This was the major blow in the Russian counterattack. Out of these engagements the towering blond man emerged with a shy, sly smile that hid his self-assurance. He had acquired a reputation as a brilliant, courageous leader...
...Miles to Balikpapan. In the Southwest Pacific, 6-245 flew the distance from Boston to Kansas City (1,300 mi.) and back in a blow against a Jap equivalent of Ploesti-the oil depot of Balikpapan in Borneo. They destroyed at least seven oil reservoirs. All the raiders returned to their Australian bases...
...blow fell heavily on Mackenzie King. Although it had no effect on his comfortable House of Commons majority, observers predicted he and his party would be liquidated at the next general election-yet similar predictions have often proved erroneous. King has been Prime Minister for 16 years of the last...
Freon in the Pantry. In 1929 the only refrigerants in use were compounds which might possibly poison a housewife or blow up in a refrigerator owner's face. Brooding on refrigeration's future, General Motors appeals to big, famed Thomas Midgley Jr., vice president of Ethyl Corp., creator of ethyl...
...floor was stained with blood and pus and medicine, and was so rotten you had to step carefully not to break through. . . . The walls were covered with large red splashes of the saliva of betel-nut chewers. All the window ledges were covered with nasal secreta which the patients blow on their fingers and then carefully wipe off on the nearest projection. . . . That night Marion and I broke down and sobbed in each other's arms...