Word: cm
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Doctors who have tried the method find that the mothers' muscle tone remains good, so that delivery is spontaneous, babies are not dopey, labor is shortened. One objection: the injection is 8 to 12 cm. (3⅛ in. to 4¾ in.) deep and some skeptics insist that not every doctor can learn to make...
...Unprecedented concentrations of very heavy, semi-mobile artillery are the newest feature of Mot pulk. Star pieces (shown in Nazi films) are two immense mortars: the Krupp-built "Thor," a 42-cm. (about 17-in.) monster, bigger than the biggest U.S. battleship gun; and a 61.5-cm. supermonster, mounted on a four-track rail truck. These presumably were the weapons which helped to pulverize Sevastopol. They were far too big for use on quickly shifting fronts such as the Don. But, if Rostov and Stalingrad fell under siege, the Russians would probably feel their weight again...
...many times again. But the fascination of Tudor England seems to hold American moviegoers entranced and they come to see tales of the Virgin Queen screened and re-screened. Perhaps it's the sword-play, perhaps it's the capes, perhaps its Errol Flynn's tawny beard that gets 'cm...