Word: hitting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Pacific: With My Heart in My Mouth. Taylor Is inclined to believe that some sort of rough justice is indicated by the fact that soon after returning unscathed from the Pacific an icicle from the 33rd floor of the TIME & LIFE Building scored a direct hit on his head and laid...
Radcliffe was harder hit by economic conditions last years than was Harvard. Through 1947-1948 there was a small string of surplus years, but higher costs in all departments last year brought about a (relatively small) deficit of about $10,000. Radcliffe has recently been experiencing a slight increase in gifts and investment income, but this increase has been quickly wiped out by the spiraling costs. As a results, Annex students pay higher tuition, room, and board rates despite the savings of the dormitory work plan and the conversion of many single rooms to doubles...
Jalopies travel in second gear all the way because there is no pickup in third. They hit 45 to 50 miles an hour on a quarter mile tar track. Each driver has his own favorite technique, depending on his ability...
...MacArthur. Hardest hit by Kenney's free-swinging, almost casual criticism is General Richard K. Sutherland, Arthur's wartime chief of staff (since retired). Admitting that Sutherland was "smart," Kenney also says that "an unfortunate bit of arrogance, combined with his egotism, had made him almost universally disliked . . . Sutherland was inclined to overemphasize his smattering of knowledge of aviation." The showdown came during the very first week, when Sutherland tried to write the orders for Kenney's first big show. Writes Kenney: "I told him that I was running the Air Force because I was the most...
...that the team's timing has been improved and certain key men have recovered from injuries, Art Valpey's plan was to stick to the ground and give his men a chance to "bite." This means that linemen charge their men with extra drive, that backs hit the line a little harder, that everybody gets bumped up a little...