Word: columning
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...pour his reserves of men and munitions into the battlefront chosen by his opponents. Apparently it ended the danger of a surprise Rightist offensive at any other point for months to come. Psychologically it was just as important to Leftist morale. By a swift, well-executed triple-column movement Leftist arms had captured the strongest point yet in the Rightist line, a town elaborately fortified by its garrison for over a year...
...proclaiming a complete Rightist victory, publishing detailed descriptions of the relief of the garrison who had doggedly fought for their lives in the Cathedral, the Seminary and the Civil Government Building. Actually the Rightist wave broke at the city gates. Generalissimo Franco, following Leftist tactics in reverse, sent another column cross-country to retake Campillo and Villastar. Thus at week's end the battle moved into its second phase. The snow stopped, hundreds of stranded trucks dug themselves out for the relief of both lines, and Benito Mussolini, taking no chances, landed 4,000 more Blackshirts from Morocco...
...that no pressures could be measured higher than 1.4 atmospheres, which would not do for trees taller than 46 feet. Lately accepted as the most satisfactory explanation is the cohesion theory, in which it is supposed that suction created at the top by evaporation is transmitted through a cohering column of water under tension all the way down to the roots...
While the Big Green concentrated their defense on the Varsity high-scorers, John Herrick and George Lowman, Ulysses Lupien and Lutz tallied 12 and 11 points respectively. Topping the scoring column for the evening, the Dartmouth captain, Bill Thomas sank five baskets and three fouls for 13 points...
...second Walter Winchell-Ben Bernie musical to appear, and as entertainment is superior to "Wake up and Live," although the music--"Sweet Someone," "I Wanna Be in Winchell's Column," "Darling, Jo Vous Aime Beaucoup," and others--may not have the appeal of "Never in a Million Years," and the title song of the previous production...