Word: closers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Stand by for barrage,' comes over the ship's communication system. One plane is circling around. It's now at 300 or 400 yards, approaching us from the port side. It's coming closer headon, and I see a torpedo drop. A watcher shouts, 'Stand by for torpedo,' and the tin fish is streaking directly...
...esteemed as a sign of being a solid citizen). > Chinese, not as hairy as Japanese, seldom grow an impressive mustache. > Most Chinese avoid horn-rimmed spectacles. > Although both have the typical epicanthic fold of the upper eyelid (which makes them look almond-eyed), Japanese eyes are usually set closer together. > Those who know them best often rely on facial expression to tell them apart : the Chinese expression is likely to be more placid, kindly, open; the Japanese more positive, dogmatic, arrogant...
Charles Lindbergh: "We have been stepping closer to war for many months. Now it has come and we must meet it as united Americans regardless of our attitude in the past toward the policy our Government has followed. Whether or not that policy has been wise, our country has been attacked by force of arms, and by force of arms we must retaliate. Our own defenses and our own military position have already been neglected too long. We must now turn every effort to building the greatest and most efficient Army, Navy and air force in the world. When American...
...great improvement on the pre-war standard U.S. anti-aircraft piece: a 3-incher with a top altitude of 15,000 to 18,000 feet. Next came a 90-mm. gun-in its turn quickly outmoded by aircraft designers. Now the race between gun and airplane should be closer. German and British aircraft designers are also out after higher operating altitudes. The top-flight aircraft of 1942 will still be able to crawl up beyond the reach of the new 4.7's threatening fingers. But their pilots won't-until aircraftmen design a suitable (i.e., supercharged) cabin. Without...
King Vidor's touch is evident everywhere, and it is essentially his work that makes the picture hang together and follow the book so carefully. Charles Coburn is closer to Harvard, as Harry Pulham's father, than any one else in the cast. The drawbacks of the movie are few, however, and although some Harvard graduates may wince once or twice, America will swallow it all and love...