Word: greyish
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...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...
...shop Adrian opened last week is done in two colors, a greyish blue-green and a greyish shell pink. Adrian's office is in blue-green, even the radio and cigaret stand. In the custom room, next to his office, the drapes are hand-woven of capeskin, suede and gold metallic strands, and hang from ceiling to floor. In the retail room the drapes also stretch from ceiling to floor, but here they are of cheap cotton duck...
...trails over which I had retreated in 1938 with Chinese armies driven back upon Hankow by the great Japanese force seeking to capture the Yangtze Valley and conquer China by one blow. It was almost like coming home. Mountains gave way to hills and around about their bases lapped greyish yellow waters. The Yangtze is in flood and we are drawing near our target, I thought. I crawled through the tunnel under the pilot's seat and came out in the glassed bombardier's compartment. Butch Morgan sat in the very nose of the ship, peering down...