Word: due
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...large share of attention throughout the evening. The maestro here was a spry old-Civil War veteran. In spite of the commotion, he would at length hear the orders and then carefully sample them himself to see that we were all satisfied. A real gentleman he was, but long due to retire from active service...
...yellow stubble of South China's rice paddies, just harvested of their bumper crop. At Hengyang the Japanese had won the battle of Hunan. There they had paused for regrouping, to consolidate their supply lines and to rest their troops. Twice in a month they had feinted, first due south toward Canton, next southwest toward Kweilin, site of a major Fourteenth Air Force base. Both times they had halted, not yet certain they had the preponderant strength needed to finish...
Encirclement and . . . Nowhere else in the Asiatic or Pacific theaters had the Japs such a large force active in the field against any of the United Nations. The Japs' strategy was sound and tried: encirclement and annihilation. Due west from Hengyang, one column struck swiftly toward Shaoyang; southeast of Hengyang, another struck from captured Leiyang to engulf Changning...
Planemaker "Roy" Grumman (rhymes with summon) modestly insists that the high scores are due to superb Navy tactics and skill. The Navy thinks differently. Navy brass hats long ago ran out of glowing phrases (say they: "Roy Grumman is the hottest thing in aviation today") and E flags for Grumman. Last week, as a new token of their esteem, the Navy was reportedly seeking permission to give him a medal, the Meritorious Civilian Service award, something no U.S. manufacturer has yet received. The medal was as much for Grumman's amazing production record as for his superb planes...
...wanted a whack at the bonds. Choice rail-bond merchandise has been scarce in the war years. Further, the ore, wheat and lumber-carrying Great Northern has come a long way financially since the late '305. Then analysts seriously questioned its ability to pay a $100 million debt due...