Word: counte
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...greater problem. Not long after Pearl Harbor, submarines occasionally saved Army and Navy flyers. Guadalcanal-based PBYs began picking up pilots from the waters around enemy-held islands in the Solomons. By late 1943 every downed U.S. carrier pilot, no matter how deep in enemy waters, began to count on an increasing chance of rescue. Pilots who were unable to return to their bases always knew where a crash landing or a parachute jump could be made with some hope. Float planes were used where submarines could not go-as in the Truk lagoon early last year, when seven pilots...
...paid. Example: the 32nd Infantry Division's battle for Villa Verde Trail had been one of the bloodiest in U.S. Army history. In 119 days of almost constant fighting, the 32nd lost 1,051 killed, 3,201 wounded, 14 missing-4,266 in all. And the final count was still to be made...
Then, one by one, the Senate majority crushed amendments that would have crippled or lessened U.S. participation. On the final vote, the count was 61 to 16 for approval. Next day the House, which had previously passed the bill by 345 to 18, roared its unanimous approval of the minor technical changes the Senate had made...
...British journal, Nature, sweating at every pore, last week described a few unusual weather conditions designed to make U.S. swelterers count their blessings. Samples...
Though Secretary Anderson can no longer count on increasing the supply of meat, he does hope for a better distribution of what is available. To help effect this, he: 1) abolished present quota restrictions on the number of animals that small packers (whose plants are not federally inspected) can slaughter; 2) gave them permission to ship interstate. This should mean more meat for big cities from the thousands of small U.S. packers...