Word: daybreaks
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...ranking U.S. military commander last week: "Everybody tends to overestimate an enemy who puts up a fight, but make no mistake about it-these guys are tough; they are just as tough as the Japanese." The officer supplied some specifics. "The Korean Communists," he said, "can start marching at daybreak, march all day and all night, and then attack in the morning. We've seen them run-not dogtrot, but run-up a 1,500-foot hill. Our men just can't do tricks like that...
Night and cold closed down over Euclid. Hour after hour Coast Guard boats methodically zigzagged over the area, sweeping the water with searchlights. A cold front came out of the west bringing a sharp, high wind with it. At daybreak a B-17 bomber, Air National Guard planes, two Navy PBYs and private planes joined the hunt for the adventurers. At 7 a.m., the B-17 spotted Dickie Bauer's raft 25 miles from Euclid, near Fairport Harbor. The bomber lost it in the morning haze and tumbling waves, but 2½ hours later spotted it again...
...sheriff's posse was organized to track them down-and the peerless Hogjaw and his hounds were requisitioned from the prison farm. Hogjaw turned up, burly and cocky, in a bright red shirt and striped pants. He belted on a pistol and holster, and at rainy daybreak put three dogs, High Rollin' Red, Nigger and Alabama, on the trail...
...County in Autumn had "written itself," he said, "just like any song that I compose." It was melodic "because I'm a melody man and I've always thought there should be a little more melody for the average symphony patron." It opened with a slightly somber daybreak. The music went into full action with the purples and reds of the leaves, rose to a peak in the description of the yellows, then slowly died away...
Perched on orange-colored canvas chairs atop fern-scented Mount Ammouda, smiling King Paul of the Hellenes, grim U.S. General James Van Fleet and several Greek army commanders awaited the signal for the attack. At daybreak, newly arrived U.S.-made Helldivers cut across the pale blue sky to unload their cargo of Napalm fire bombs. In a few minutes, the sleepy purple mountains seemed ablaze. At week's end, King Paul and his party could celebrate a smashing victory...