Word: hides
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Henderson's problem is concerned, the more cash people hide in mattresses the better. But if they decided to spend it all at once, his problem would be worse than ever...
With the help of some coolies, Woods dragged the hurt plane off the field and three miles down a road to hide it in a clump of bamboo. He feared the Japanese would return. They did. For three days, flights totaling 57 Japanese bombers scoured the countryside around Suifu, but the bamboo camouflage fooled them...
...camouflaged with turf. Some served as huge underground tank hangars. From each bin, "drains" were dug-trenches to give egress to woods. Camouflaged tractors stood ready to haul off artillery in case of retreat. The bigger bins bristled with antiaircraft, the smaller were draped with nets and foliage to hide them from the air. Into this system the Russians crowded something like 60 divisions. The Germans went after them with an estimated...
Randolph Field's Major Harold L. Mace, directing plane movements by radio, felt his hide tighten. In his earphones came the voice of a cadet pilot reporting that he was almost out of gas. "Look around and see if you can find a good field to land in," radioed Major Mace, with soothing professional calm. There was no reply. "What's your position?" the Major asked, with less calm. A puzzled voice came in his earphones. "I'm on the ramp in front of Hangar C, right here at Randolph Field...
...down with a request to suspend trading, a tentative price ceiling of $3.04 (the Monday level). To Manhattan's Commodity Exchange (which suspended silk trading and deliveries this week) this meant loss of its last important item of trade. Copper and rubber trading had been suspended previously and hide trading is limited by a price ceiling...