Word: cliff
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...spit, but he could not see. The wind was blowing more than 60 miles an hour and low-flying scud dropped the visibility toward zero. The Truxtun ran aground. So did the naval supply ship Pollux. The waves, pounding in like sledgehammers to the base of a 200-ft. cliff, began to break the two ships...
Inch by inch, with the glacierlike superiority of sheer mass, the Jap forced his way south on Bataan Peninsula. Before him the last big core of resistance in Luzon stood like a granite cliff of valor. The edges of the glacier crumbled, but mass enough to move mountains seemed to be behind...
...perilous situation yesterday with only 20 pounds of sugar on hand and with a demand for 250 to 300 pounds a week. "All we can say to a customer who wants a cup of coffee is "how many?" and he'll know what we mean," explained Cliff. chef of the restaurant...
Dick Pfister, standout gridiron guard and top shot putter for Jaakko Mikkola's track squad, leads the Crimson competitors. Others entered include Johnny Shattuck '43, Jack Bonner '43, Cliff Howard '44, Pete Garland '45, and Alex Wheeler...
...Never Get Rich (Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Robert Benchley, Cliff Nazarro; TIME...