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Born in Indian Territory, Pat Hurley began work at eleven as mule boy in a coal mine. Oil and a dash of the law made him wealthy. After four years as Herbert Hoover's Secretary of War, he dabbled in Washington lobbying, became as outspoken an anti-New Dealer as any ex-officeholder. But Franklin Roosevelt tapped him early in World War II for a wide variety of ticklish diplomatic junkets. They have carried him at least three times across both the Atlantic and the Pacific, and into six continents-to Moscow, Canberra, Cairo, Kabul, Natal and points between...
Right Hook. Jake Devers had fashioned his Strasbourg grip on the Rhine-and his opportunity to expand it-out of surprise and dash. Over the weeks of stalemate he had slipped the fresh, enthusiastic army of Major General Jean Delattre de Tassigny into position before Belfort: two French divisions, a colonial Spahi division, a battalion-plus of F.F.I...
...Sing Out" on its own individual merits, however, and allowing "Oklahoma!" to go its perpetual way, there are some good words to be said. The staging and costumes are not lavish, but they have the far more to be desired beauty of gay simplicity. There is sufficient sparkle and dash to make you forget the mediocre script, and make you remember that you are living in a vigorous land with a heritage of vitality...
...Fourth news obscured some of the political drama and meaning implicit in Churchill's presence in Paris. Except for a brief dash to Normandy shortly after the invasion, Churchill had not been in France since 1940. Then, at the climax of France's collapse before the German armies, he had swooped in by plane to reverse centuries of British isolationist policy toward Europe by offering the disintegrating nation parliamentary Union Now with Britain...
...first-quarter moon had set early, and the morning darkness was deep in Surigao Strait. At the southern end, squadrons of PT boats lay in ambush. As the Huso and Yamasiro entered the narrows with their screen, the PTs attacked. The tiny, bucking craft had made their reputation for dash and expendability in the Philippines, and they lived up to it. They scored some hits, lost several of their number...