Word: greyish
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...third son of a Baptist minister in Chicopee Falls, Mass. He was descended from a distinguished line of New England pirates and preachers. His father was "so fat he could not lean over"; his mother was "a piece of frail Dresden china." Edward, slight, studious, with keen, greyish eyes and a musical voice, failed his physical examination for West Point. He studied briefly in Germany and at Union College, read law by himself and set up as a lawyer. In two years he had one case. At 21 he got a job writing editorials for the New York Evening Post...
...dead German lay in a ditch. In his worn, dirty infantry-private's uniform, he looked like a fallen bronze statue covered with a heavy greyish-green patina-except for the wax-yellow face, the blond hair and the staring blue eyes. He was young, not much over...
...Hell. General Wilson now can contemplate problems, military or political, wherever he turns. One of his most pressing concerns is the administration of Italy, now transformed into a greyish mess of political pasta e faggioli. Another lies across the Adriatic in Yugoslavia, where two native armies hold the field, the Partisans of General Tito fighting like exacerbated dervishes, the Chetniks of General Mihailovich refusing to fight. Greek conservative elements rally around Britain's friend, King George; Partisan leaders, closer to the people, are profanely antimonarchist...
...Altostratus, a high, flat, greyish blanket, gives a flyer a wide range of maneuver: he can duck below it to look at the ground, climb above to hide, thread his way above and below to lose a pursuer...
Food Was Good. In Britain Lieut. Harold Ravson of East Orange, NJ. was commended for good baking. His bakery battalion turns out tasty, greyish-brown springy bread for soldiers. Doughnuts were harder to get because of restrictions on dried milk and cooking fats. Doughboys had to learn to like English and Scottish scones (biscuits) and oatcakes. With all the change of foods and living conditions, Americans in Britain were in good health. Chief U.S. Army Surgeon Colonel Paul Hawley said there had been only six deaths from diseases. But there were 48 from injuries on crooked English roads, where...