Word: contrasted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Boots and Massage. In contrast to U.S forces, the British have no trench-foot problem, even though they have been actually wading through Holland. Their stout workmen-type boots and gum boots have turned out to be drier than anything the U.S. has produced. But the most important factor is that British soldiers are required to keep their boots waxed, to massage their feet with oil and change frequently to dry socks...
...Iliad. It is more than a war story of the Greeks, fighting on their beaches before Troy. Artful in detail, it is also awesome in implication. As the French scholar Rachel Bespaloff recently observed, the Iliad presents a civilized soldier, Hector, who has everything precious to defend, in contrast and finally in combat with the childlike yet superhuman fury which was Achilles...
...inspecting officer was about to mark Randy Phillips down for not making his sack. "The Ghost"saved the day by speaking a helpless word while lost in the white of his sheets. "No more of this," said the inspecting officer, and now Phillips sleeps between two raincoats for contrast...
...there were at least two notable deviations from the norm. The 13 petroleum companies increased both sales and earnings by a resounding 27% over last year. In contrast, the steel industry sweated out a new record of 67 million tons but took a 9% cut in profits. Thus steel earnings continued their two-year drop...
...contrast with Franklin Roosevelt's overpowering bonhomie, reporters have always found Thomas E. Dewey cold and cautious. Last week he and they appeared to be mutually warming...