Word: freshing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...idea is that a Dutch family should take charge of a grave of an American soldier and put it and keep it in order, providing fresh flowers at regular intervals, seeing that it is kept free from weeds and dirt, and communicating with the family of the soldier in America in a friendly way, keeping them informed as to exactly where the grave is and in what condition...
...Once you leave the Hostel," concluded L'Ordre, "the nightmare is ended. Outside, the air is fresh, the sky blue. How sweet is our era of the atomic bomb! If you don't think so, visit the Three Mallets and forget your torments by reliving those of others...
...years lightly. His voice was firm, his hands steady, his face and fingers just perceptibly wrinkled. He walked toward the grate to give the fire some encouragement. Swiftly he moved the screen aside, thrust the poker into the coals, put on a thick glove and tossed a fresh chunk of coal squarely into the center of the fire. He made these casual, hostly gestures with neatness and dispatch. But as he was settling again in the deep sofa, something disturbed the Prime Minister. He hopped up, shifted the fire screen one-half inch to the left...
...barred a return of "the extinct past" to the East Indies; Old Etonian Sir Nevile Bland, who as Ambassador to The Hague has the delicate job of relaying British views on how the Dutch should run their empire; Java-born Dr. Hubertus J. Van Mook, the Acting Governor General, fresh from the rebellious East Indies. No Indonesians were present. The empire-menders came quickly to the point...
Machitsura Hashimoto, commanding the new Japanese submarine I-58 (TIME, Dec. 24), had surfaced for a breath of fresh air, had seen a "dark object" on a converging course. Fair across the "Indy's" bow, all Hashimoto had to do was fire six torpedoes (five of them had magnetic warheads), sit back and wait for the explosions. There were still unanswered questions: more than 800 of the Indy's crew had got off the ship-why had there been no search planes for four days? Who on the Leyte, communications staff had bungled in failing to report...