Word: counters
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...German Purchase. The sudden withdrawal in the north was the signal for Allied advances all along the line. These advances ended a week of German counter-attacks which had been successful to the extent that they had bought a commodity the Germans dearly want-time. Germans and Italians had hit back just as the Allies wound up the first, preparatory phase of the battle and paused for breath before undertaking the conclusive second phase...
...Counter-Drive. In the censored picture of the Allied countermoves against the U-boats, there were some encouraging highlights last week...
...lynching trivial," makes another attack on Thomas Hart Benton and his fellow U.S. nationalists. Says Kootz: "Benton and Wood, Curry and Marsh . . . went American so raucously, so insistently, that they provided and inspired an enormous flood of dull, routine anecdotes. . . . Each of the nationalist lads has his own little counter to set up trade. From it he dispenses post cards, heavy with facts, guaranteed to counteract any itch that jeopardizes a continued comfort...
...Even coeds who talked much of reducing ate [potatoes] regularly when they were free. But when a charge was made . . . the coeds began to comment frequently on their fattening qualities, and a few even shuddered when they passed them at the cafeteria counter...
...Thereby total ore deliveries for the open season soared to almost 92,000,000 tons, a record. This year the goal is around 95,000,000 tons-and already four weeks (good for 8,650,000 tons in 1942) have been lost in the big freeze. Only counter balance: 16 new ore boats, good for monthly deliveries of about 1,000,000 tons...