Word: forward
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this month, the Eighth had counted 58,365 Jap dead and 1,759 prisoners in its forward areas, another 3,735 dead and 461 prisoners in such rear areas as Biak and Hollandia...
...refusing him a divorce, said, "I won't see him. . . . We have nothing in common to discuss. ... He made his bed; let him lie in it." Back in England, 24-year-old Norah, confident that the Sergeant would send for her and the three surviving, dumplingesque babies, looked forward eagerly to a trip to the U.S.: "They do things on such a bigger scale over there...
...with infections less than four years old (older cases were considered non-catching) were ordered to report for treatment at hospitals, health centers or to a private doctor. Some 2,000 had already been admitted for the nine-day rapid treatment. Health officials, watching Birmingham as a pattern, looked forward to a nationwide fight against syphilis...
...strain, the British Columbia provincial government has barred the importation of other bees into Squamish Valley. Entomologists fear that because the Squamish is a hybrid, its reluctance to sting may not last. But Feedham believes that by long breeding it has now become a distinct new strain. He looks forward hopefully to a honey-producing bee so gentle in nature that anyone could raise a colony on the back porch...
...Generals opened their blouses, unbuckled their belts. Ushijima leaned forward and with both hands pressed the blade against his belly. One of his adjutants did not wait for the knife to plunge deep. With his razor-sharp saber he lopped off his superior's head. General Cho leaned forward against his blade. The adjutant swung again. Orderlies took the bodies away...