Word: convey
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this means a kind of hell for the bomber crews which the bare loss figures do not convey: old friends suddenly gone from the Red Cross snack bars, destruction and blood and death in many of the planes which limp home. It definitely does not mean that U.S. daylight bombing is to be abandoned or diminished, but it does mean that the price of such bombing must be high until the Eighth Air Force finds an answer to the Nazi fighter system...
...established himself as an authority on Chinese affairs, furthered Japan's encroachment upon China. Later he became Ambassador to Moscow, where he negotiated a settlement of a famous Russo-Japanese border clash at Changkufeng Hill in 1938. As Ambassador to London he made many acquaintances, managed to convey the useful impression that he was opposed to Japan's militarists. In 1941 he became Ambassador to Nanking, where he inaugurated Japan's recent policy of buttering up the puppet government (TIME, April...
Three Beats. Collingwood's bedroom sessions convinced him that something was rotten in North Africa. He managed to convey the idea by air to the U.S. when he finally got through. "I honestly didn't try to evade censorship," says Colling wood, "but sometimes I'd get so upset at the news that I guess my voice was affected." Collingwood got three big beats (thanks to his diligence and radio's speed) : the first news the U.S. had of Darlan's assassination, the execution of his assailant, the roundup of the twelve Frenchmen who assisted...
...Behind the Gun was not designed for commercial exploitation. It was built to convey to Americans at home a graphic picture of what their boys on the fighting fronts were up against, of the weapons they were using, the combat tactics involved. The show took planes, tanks, ships, guns and submarines into action with an authenticity calculated to grip and instruct nonmilitary listeners. An understanding, restrained use of dramatic techniques, sounds and the special language of World War II gave The Man an impact rare in radio...
SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA-- The Bismarck Sea ran red with Japanese blood tonight and the wreckage of Japanese ships and planes were strewn from New Britain to the coast of New Guinea as Allied bombers completed wiping out a 22-ship convey in the most decisive beating ever given the Japanese at sea in this theatre of operations...