Word: drives
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...heavily mined to take frontally), had covered with his artillery most of the coal mines and heavy industries in the Saar Valley (immensely important to the German economy and not offset by Silesia), putting them out of operation. He threatened paralysis of the Saar basin with his drive toward Mettlach, its big electric power centre. An enormous sustained French artillery pounding, presaged last week by increased aerial reconnaissance and exploratory fire, would be quite in keeping with the Liddell Hart "super-guerrilla" plan (see col. 2). Unless his British friends should insist on action more precipitate, Generalissimo Gamelin appeared content...
Germany, still denying the loss of a single U-boat, replied that her shipyards can now build a seagoing submarine in six months and that plenty of them are being rushed to completion for a fresh drive to counter-blockade Britain. A. Hitler made a point of visiting the submarine base at Kiel last week and saluting "the men who sank the Courageous...
...puff) 'Keesss - uh - meee -uh! (Takes a stance now, pauses dramatically, then lets drive) 'Yuuuh-gay-ay-ay-nuh!' Now, I ask you, gentlemen, if the proposition were put up to you in that fashion - would you?" Ever since he whanged the piano in Harvard's "Gold Coast" dance band a dozen years ago, Hollywood's Charles Henderson has felt that a ditty is no place for a diva. When he got out of Harvard, Charlie Henderson started studying the business of crooning in earnest, as Rudy Vallee's pianist. When...
...third quarter Cowen, fullback for Exeter, scored on a two-yard back. Another determined Exeter drive was climaxed by Haslan's line plunge over the touchdown stripe, while the Stahleymen got another tally when McNicol again completed an serial, this time to Calch Loring. Hayes' spectacular dash in the final frame eliminated Crimson hopes for victory...
...losers showed drive and spectacular offense unusual for a Yardling team at the start of the season. They started the scoring when Don McNicol, a sterling halfback, found Bill Lyle with a pass in the first quarter...