Word: boredly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...last week, however, many Britons were reflecting that Winston Churchill, after all, bore a responsibility for the capabilities of the men around him. It was widely suspected that, if they had been at fault, the fault had been as much, if not more, the Prime Minister...
...himself to copy the scrawl--it came out looking suspiciously like "Kbacc" which, he was told was a Russian home brew. Vag wondered vaguely whether Russians liked Scotch and sodas, or had a phrase for "bottoms up." "EE vwi!" the instructor screamed as he bounded from his chair and bore down threateningly on Vag. Vag froze in his seat and searched frankly for the word. "Da," he managed to utter tentatively, and then, when no lightning struck, "Da, da, da, da" he repeated enthusiastically, looking awfully intelligent about the whole matter, while the instructor waved his arms madly, burbled...
...François of Watertown, N.Y., with his assault detachment. He and his men had 20 quiet minutes on the island, while rain beat their faces and they edged through the tall palms. Then the Japs discovered them and let loose with a machine gun. Five bullets bore into Lieut. Le-François' left shoulder. He and his men returned the fire and went...
...raiders destroyed three radio stations, 1,000 gallons of gasoline, many trucks and other military stores. They also found many a record of pre-war U.S. policy: the trucks had been made in the U.S., the gasoline containers bore the trade-mark of a U.S. refiner, the Jap garrison's corned beef had a U.S. label on the cans. Makin after the raid looked better to Colonel Carlson. Said he: "It was a sight to see. There were dead Japs all over the place...
...Town cleared his fifth crop he sent his bride-to-be, a teacher back in the hills, her train fare and a dollar for emergencies. They were married the minute she stepped off the Doodlebug. The minute they got home, Otis Town hurried out to his fields. His wife bore him three children in three years, named them Loraine, Elaine, Otis Van Town Jr. Van looked like his father. The day Mrs. Town saw that he also looked like Wee Boy, she locked her door against "Mr. Town" and called him by that name only, from then...