Word: crested
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Thomas' car was on the crest of a hill when the Germans opened up on them. Thomas was wounded, but he grabbed the car's .50-caliber machine gun and raked the woods and the buildings ahead while his wounded companions crawled away. When Thomas followed them, he was struck again in the chest, legs, arms...
...relax with a deadly poisonous music-hall beauty named Netta (Linda Darnell). When she contemptuously uses his infatuation as a means to her own evil ends, he proves the doctor was right, using Netta's neck as a proving-ground. Still amnesiac, he plants her corpse on the crest of a Guy Fawkes bonfire, goes home and gets on with his concerto. Thanks to the prodding of Dr. Sanders, he begins to get his memory back while giving this work its world premiere before a socialite audience...
...Curtain Is Up. Artillery pops behind us. A few seconds go by and then, as if teacher were pointing out something on the blackboard with a mile-long pointer, three smoke plumes rise from the crest of Huilungshan...
Then the guns open up, concentrating on the crest. For five minutes they hammer and rock the earth. The general calls another break. In 15 minutes he signals again: this time he wants a slow barrage to cover his infantry crawling up the mountain. It comes in a steady drumfire...
...after 4 o'clock by the time the infantry nears the top. The first sign of the charge is the flashing of bayonets in the Japanese wire and then from the trees below the crest Chinese soldiers boil up on all sides. It is a terrifying sight...