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Fawzi (rhymes with frowzy) and the wily Mufti had made plenty of it for Britain before and during World War II. They had plotted and carried out antiBritish riots and killings in Palestine a decade ago. Early in 1941, when Britain's war fortunes were at lowest ebb, they had sparked revolt in Iraq. A slippery guerrilla, Fawzi harassed the British for months with desert forays against their vital oil pipelines. When British fortunes turned, the Mufti and Fawzi got away separately to Germany...
...This ebb & flow of news also includes stories rejected before being written. The part of TIME which never appears in print is itself a distillation of scores of stories offered, examined, weighed, and found wanting-for any one of a number of reasons. Obviously, since TIME is designed to give its readers the significant news of the week in the fewest possible reading hours, there is a limit to the amount of words readers can be expected to read.* Believed to be dead...
With its selection of the Man of the Year and its story on "Report from the World," it has raised the hope of this Mainstreeter from Podunk to its highest ebb since the era of Wendell Willkie's "One World...
Whenever they could spare the time, the brothers waded out at low tide to dig in the gluey brown mud. In 1937, they found three planks which looked old enough for any antiquarian. Between the ebb & flood, the toilers of the Humber dug like inspired muskrats, building a mud wall to protect their find from being washed away by the currents. More planks appeared. Maybe it was a boat? By Jove, it was a boat...
...triumph was the second in as many starts for the Freshmen, but they were not impressive. Illness and injuries to key players hold the team's efficiency at a low ebb...