Word: en
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...commander of the Japanese Fleet, who predicted that he would make peace in the White House (see p. 60): 'You will be present at the peace if you are still alive. That peace will be in the White House, but the White House will not be as you en visaged.' "To the Japanese people: 'That heavy rumbling you hear now will gradually grow into a shock of bursting bombs, the shrieking of shells and the clashing of swords on your own soil...
...Boys, Toys Medals, honorary degrees, tributes on parchment are good toys for adults, but a boy wants something on wheels. Thus, the model Hurricane fighter (with rubber tires) which the R.A.F. gave Iraq's seven-year-old King Feisal last year was just right. En route to Feisal last week was another device, a belated Christmas present: a three-foot-long General Grant tank with a swiveling turret. It had wheels in stead of treads, but the chains were gold...
...attacks, a series of "isolated en- gagements," occurred Saturday and were believed part of a running air-sea battle which started earlier that day when American planes spotted the destroyer force bearing down on Guadalcanal from 230 miles to the northwest
...crossed the Mekong and the Salween en route to the Japanese lines with lights out, our formation tight, the interlocking ships black against the rising moon behind them. Tengyueh lay absolutely still within the rectangular walls of its valley, with not a glimmer of light anywhere. But the brilliance of the moon traced the outlines of the walls and the main streets in clear, sharp shadows...
...polylingual staff tell the world about China's war in 14 languages and dialects. U.S. propagandists, who cannot reach the Japanese people by short wave or Australian medium wave, are much impressed with the Voice of China. Last week Director Peng Lo-shan was en route to the U.S. to discuss more ways of propagandizing...