Word: haile
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...London's ability to carry on under a continuous hail of bombs, amid seething wreckage and raging flames, without a roof over the heads of people, without sleep and with the slenderest food supplies, is not due to British ability to 'take it' or proverbial toughness...
...Charles Portal for Sir Cyril Newall in the R. A. F. Tough "Jack" Tovey, lean and electric, is the man who, commanding the destroyer Onslow at Jutland, engaged first the cruiser Wiesbaden, then the battleship Derfflinger, with only his torpedoes and four-inch guns; stopped fighting only when a hail of shells from the German ships put him out of action...
...parade streamed on-past the Common where the old Elm Tree used to stand; up Beacon Hill by the State House (Paul Revere got his riding orders near by); down School Street, within hail of the scene of the Boston Massacre; in sight of Faneuil Hall, where the Boston Tea Party began-past the landmarks of a simpler time, when men knew beyond argument that democracy was worth fighting...
...Hattle of lines Minnesota Nebraska 13-7 A corking bout Princeton Vanderbilt 20-7 Vanday is weak Middlebury Tufts 13-7 Not twice in a row Brown Rhode Island 20-0 Bruin gathers momentum L. S. C. Holy Cross 20-14 Pass them dizzy Indians Texas 20-13 Hail to Cream and Crimson Missouri Pitt 14-13 Reserves will tell U. S. C. Oregon State 13-0 Trojans will leave horse Clemson North Car. State 20-7 Tigers over Wolfpack Tulane Auburn 20-6 Green wave will roll T. C. U. Arkansas 14-7 Frogs are horny Georgia Tech Howard...
Precisely at this moment the unexploded Nazi bomb exploded and a shower of rubble dinned like hail on the roof of the Duke's car. When His Royal Highness jumped out, grinning and ruefully rubbing his ears, which still rang with the concussion, women gathered round the Duke. A frightened little girl came up and put her hand in his. He held it while he chatted with the people. "It's grand to see you here," said they. "How's your wife and youngsters?" "Fine, thanks!" said the Duke...