Word: fewness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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A few said, "As we expected"; a few shouted, "Long live Smigly-Rydz!" but most just read and walked on. Since most reserves had already been called up, the decree was only a signal: the button had been pressed.
General Weygand was chosen for the new job not only because he can work 14 hours a day and knows the Far East as few European soldiers do, but because he can get along well with foreigners.
Last week, with Norman Brookes (now Sir Norman because of "distinguished service to the Empire") looking on,* a new generation of Davis Cuppers from Down Under challenged a new generation of U. S. Davis Cuppers in a war-clouded spectacle that promised to be as dramatic as the one 25...
Riggs was expected to win one singles match last week-most likely against Quist, whom he had defeated in the Davis Cup Challenge Round last year. Beyond this lonely hope, few tennis experts expected much from the U. S. team. But at the end of the first day's...
Drugs and Blood. Among the huge supplies of surgical materials stored up by the Government: 600,000 doses of tetanus antitoxin; 13,000,000 yards of gauze bandage; 225,000 stretchers. Over 100,000 donors in the London area, mostly women, are having their blood typed, expect to be ready...