Word: hides
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Cracked from four sides and the air above them, the Hurs sought to hide by ducking under water and breathing through straws. Their ancient blunderbusses, hatchets and spears proved virtually useless. Even their jungle allies, 120° heat, snakes, mosquitoes and crocodiles, claimed few casualties. One parachutist sprained his ankle...
...sixth Marquess of Northampton. The girl's name was Virginia Lucie Heaton. She was 22, and she tucked spring flowers in her dark hair when she went into the fields. Even her sack-bottomed corduroy trousers, her straw-snagged sweater and her crushed hunting cap could not hide the fact that she was slim and pretty...
Observer. At Camp Shelby, Miss., Major James Wells found a way to train infantrymen to hide from enemy observers—toured the field in a jeep, used a slingshot on all heads showing...
...Dickie. Between wars, it was possible for properly born officers of the Royal Navy to retain their standings, and still find time for play. Actually, Lord Louis did a lot of good sound Navy work, but he chose to hide the fact from his London friends, who would have disapproved...
...innovator, a skilled administrator, he is a man tough of hide and mind. He parts his thin ribbons of hair precisely in the center of his head; gave up smoking cigarets, now chews (gum). In his new job, he will have plenty to chew...