Word: headlong
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...Kochetkov and his men lay. The Guardsmen had only rifles and hand grenades. Kochetkov was wounded. His Guardsmen spoke briefly to him, and he to them. Four of them fastened grenades to their thick leather belts. Each of the four chose a tank, ran down the hill, and dived headlong. Eight tanks were left. Six of the eight tanks turned and retreated. The two others crawled on toward the Guardsmen's nest. By then only Kochetkov and three Guardsmen were alive. The three soldiers placed Kochetkov in a trench, laced grenades to their belts, and ran to meet...
...islands trailing off the east coast of New Guinea. When the Jap finally got there, only he could count his losses accurately. But by conservative U.S. count he had lost 21 ships, sunk or disabled. And he had unquestionably taken a beating-the first serious defeat of his headlong career through the South Pacific...
Along the famed road from Burma the Japanese seemed to be rushing like a flood wave on the Yangtze, irresistible and ruinous. The mere boundary between Burma and China did not dam them. They pressed headlong across into Yünnan Province, where the hills are cruel and the Governor is called The Dragon and the tribesmen are not hospitable...
...find their objectives-a huge Arado Flugzeugwerke assembly plant for Messerschmitts and a Heinkel torpedo-plane plant-the R.A.F. was forced to dive through the shimmering light curtain, headlong into terrific anti-aircraft fire...
...here only two years. Thus it is advisable to take the important courses and plan to get as much education as possible in four terms. The University is offering special war courses but unless you have special aptitude for electronics or some such specialized subject, don't dive headlong into it. Elementary Math and Physics will be helpful in the Army or Navy, but beyond that they train their...