Word: harvey
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...near Uijongbu, the Chinese managed to isolate the 1st Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment.* For three days, their comrades tried in vain to relieve the Gloucesters. With most of their ammunition gone, the Gloucesters' commanding officer ordered his men to break out any way they could. Maurice ("Mike") Harvey, a slim, spectacled young captain, was one of the few who made...
...Harvey decided the best way back was forward. He led the remnants of his company to the north and straight into enemy territory, hoping to swing around behind the Chinese. At first, the plan seemed to work; Harvey and his men met only two Chinese. "They were dumfounded," said Harvey. "My chaps shot them from the hip." But after they had turned south, when Captain Harvey led his men into a narrow valley, Chinese on the crests poured mortar and machine-gun fire on the Gloucesters. "It was a case of running, one group firing while the others crossed that...
...valley's exit stood a line of American tanks which opened fire on the Gloucesters, mistaking them for Reds. An American liaison plane, which had been following their escape, saved the Gloucesters. Said Harvey: "The plane went down and sort of waggled his wings at the tanks -sort of a signal I guess-and they lifted their fire on to the Chinese machine guns. An American lieutenant said we'd have to make a run for it, so we climbed on the tanks and away we went, hell for leather, right through the Chinese...
Sinclair, announced Spencer, will open the facilities of its huge Harvey, Ill. research laboratory to any U.S. inventor with a promising idea in the field of petroleum. The company will test such ideas free of charge, and if the results justify it, provide the technicians and money for research to push them to completion. In return, the inventor will be required to let Sinclair use the process royalty-free, but since the inventor holds the patent, he may also sell it to anybody else. The news was hardly out before scores of ideas began flooding Sinclair's Manhattan offices...
...quite so easy for the Yardlings. They beat Tech by a length and three-quarters, with the Terrier pups three lengths behind the Engineers. Row- ing a half hour earlier than the Jayvees, Harvey Love's boys took advantage of very fast conditions--the following wind plus smooth water--to turn in a 9:04 time. Tech was timed...