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...long-sought victory over the Red army garrison at the big Black Sea port shrank to relative insignificance in the glare of the battle for Moscow. After capturing the bastions of Kalnga and Kalinin, the Nazis said, German forces were probing deep into the distressed capital's outer defenses...
...fathoms (440 feet) submen knew what to expect: at that depth and pressure (almost 200 Ib. per square inch) the old O-9 must have folded, bow to stern, like an accordion. Oil slicked the surface. Cork, from the O-9's inner walls, bobbed up into the glare of searchlights. Pieces of the O-9's deck gratings, flakes of paint appeared. In the press room at the Portsmouth base, a Navy veteran said: "Boys, that...
Later, in the unromantic glare of dressing room 2 of Chicago's Harris Theater, the interview had a chance to see what color "honey blonde" really is. All he can say, however, is that it is sort of blonde and very pretty, despite its name. Neither K.T.'s hair nor her unusual first name has been overlooked by Russell Burdwell, see Hollywood press agent who is currently handling the offensive to put her before the cinema and stage-going public...
...past few years. Scarcer than usual were Easter bunnies, dyed eggs, live chicks and other such Pâque animals. Most notable trend was toward trickier methods of lighting: display designers lit their mannikins and props with multicolored spots and footlights from all angles, avoiding distracting sun glare, getting increased illusions of depth...
...destroyer Greyhound (1,335 tons, 4-7-in. guns) flicked on a searchlight. By great good luck the glare squarely silhouetted the third ship in the Italian line, the cruiser Fiume (10,000 tons, 8-inchers).- At this exceedingly close range, Warspite, whose heavy batteries had been brought to readiness, spoke up with a broadside of 15-inchers. The whole broadside found its mark. The Fiume burst into flames from foremast funnel to sternpost. The after turret flopped right into the sea. Warspite let her have another broadside. Fiume was now afire and hopelessly crippled...