Word: gearing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Town Club pool she did it. The first woman ever to win the Sullivan Award (as outstanding U.S. amateur athlete of 1944), Ann Curtis was up to her free-style best. Swimming more skillfully the farther she swam, the San Francisco blonde won the 220-yd. final in second gear, had even less trouble taking the 440. Her rival in, the 100-yd. dash was beauteous, brunette Champion Brenda Helser. But Ann's single-mindedness paid off: she sprinted from behind the final lap and finished 18 inches ahead...
Almost any G.I. in China theater could have enlarged the indictment. Widespread thievery is the secret grievance the average American soldier holds against China. At one base the rotor and timing gear on a tractor used for loading heavy bombers were stolen. The parts could not be replaced in China...
...week. War contracts must be completed first, but plants may reconvert before the end of the war with Germany. For roofless Britons, patiently trudging to work in their shiny trousers and shabby dresses, home-front production will give priorities to clothing, building material, household equipment. Cars, tires, refrigerators, electrical gear, machinery will get preference for the vital export markets...
Through to the Shore. After that, the Japanese on the 4th Division's front were so weakened that the stalemate was broken The 4th got into gear with the 3rd and 5th. The drive for the north shore was speeded from a slow crawl to a slow march. On the 19th day of the battle for Iwo, a 28-man patrol from Company A of the 21st Regiment (part of Major General Graves B. Erskine's 3rd Division) broke through to the northeast coast and slid down the cliffs to the beach. To General Schmidt, they sent back...
...just two points, Back only five-while an unsung Navy plebe, left-handed Perry Nelson, stole the show. At halftime, Nelson had collected 15 points and his team led 25-to-24. Army, as usual, came back strong in the second half, got its fast-breaking offense into high gear. Although Navy surged back after losing Nelson on personal fouls, Army had the aggressive confidence to squeak through...