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...shek's customary impetus. He united China once, by conquering it. Starting in the late '203 with nothing but a fledgling military academyand an incandescent spirit, he gradually subdued the selfish and the local men, the provincial brigands, the warlords, the fractious cliques, the Communists. In cam paign and persuasion he forced or con verted the Chinese into a nation...
...Ruddy, wealthy, fire-eating Cameron Morrison, onetime Governor, onetime U.S. Senator, once thought he was set in the Senate for life. Then in 1932 along came Bob Reynolds, who followed him around the State, rolled out a red carpet, imitated Morrison's strut, bellowed: "Why, you know, folks, Cam eats cavi-ah! That's fish eggs, brought all the way from Rooshia." Now Morrison aimed at a comeback as Congressman, had an eye on Reynolds' seat...
...R.A.F. attacked a caravan of vehicles, destroying considerable supplies of gasoline. Too late, the attackers learned they fought their own troops. . . . Near Bagdad, in Iraq, the R.A.F. actually attacked British ground forces. Such episodes contributed to the flat statement by one high-ranking British officer in the Middle East cam paign: 'I will not go into action again unless I am able to give direct orders to the air squadrons allocated to my support...
MILDRED PIERCE-James M. Cam-Knopf...
Conversely, the Japanese have deliberately put themselves in a spot encircled by hostile possessions. The ABCD powers -American, British, Chinese, Dutch-surround Indo-China. The Japanese line of supply is now a 2,000-mile sea route from Cam-ranh Bay to Nagasaki, and U.S. planes, submarines and surface vessels operating from Manila could make it an uncomfortable route. To reach Indo-China the Japanese have to pass through one of two channels-the 150-mile channel between Formosa and the mainland or the 235-mile channel between Formosa and Luzon-where patrols can keep a good lookout...