Word: downe
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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The Germans scouted clear across France to the Atlantic, sending off raid alarms in cities to which the war had only been headlines and absent men. Allied reconnaissance pushed far and frequently into Germany. German communiques made a point of mentioning that Nazi scouts were accompanied by Messerschmitt fighters.* Nevertheless...
Pravda's masters of invective foamed at the mouth. In an editorial labeled "Buffoon in the Post of Premier," Premier Cajander, head of the Government of a "friendly" State, became a "clown, crowing rooster, squirming grass-snake, marionette; small beast of prey without sharp teeth and strength but having...
Out of Paris chuffed last week a special train crammed with statesmen and ambassadors. Speeding through the "Chateau Country" it rolled down the beauteous Valley of the Loire on an extra-special mission. Aboard were nearly all members of the new expatriate "Government of Poland" recently set up at Paris...
Where the low, bare limestone ridges of Sukkur, Sind slope like unkempt stairs down to the banks of the Indus, Indians who loudly object to fighting Germans in the name of Empire last week fought each other in the name of their various gods. Moslems, claiming the Manzilghaut (Government building...
Pillar halos are caused by the reflection of strong lights from the faces of thin, flat snow crystals which tend to pancake while falling-that is, to keep their reflecting surfaces horizontal so that light rising from below is reflected practically straight down. Since turbulent winds tumble tiny snow crystals...