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Knights of Malta. Largest of the five diminutive islands which cluster near the Sicilian Channel, flounder-shaped Malta is about 17 miles long, little more than nine miles wide. Steep cliffs rise out of the surf on her south shore; on her north, rocky boulders tumble into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: Bulwark of Christendom | 10/26/1942 | See Source »

Sports fishermen are also hamstrung by wartime restrictions. Last year in Long Island Sound they landed more summer flounder than all commercial fishermen; in some parts of Puget Sound the private salmon catch far outweighs the industrial catch. One hitch: a fat portion of the sport catch is usually wasted; sportsmen can neither sell nor give it all away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOOD: Fishing Troubles | 7/27/1942 | See Source »

...Elis Flounder...

Author: By John C. Bullard, | Title: Crimson Eight Wins Fifth Straight Adams Cup Race | 5/18/1942 | See Source »

With three straight wins over Winthrop, Dunster, and Leverett, the Bell Boys seem sure to add a fourth victory over the hapless Elephants who how flounder in the league coller. It will be Johnny Felmeth's passing and running that will once again give the opposition a busy afternoon...

Author: By William J. Elser, | Title: BELL BOYS TO BATTLE ELIOT | 10/23/1941 | See Source »

...such points, the interrelations of army administration, civil administration and private administration are of the highest consequence to the welfare of our citizens. Without sound management, the structure of society will bog down and flounder, but skilled personnel and practices will aid immeasurably in reconstruction and readjustment. Otherwise, peace may bring calamities as hard to bear as those of a war, or a war-tension period...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GODKIN SPEAKER DESCRIBES ADMINISTRATIVE NEEDS | 12/7/1940 | See Source »

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