Word: jumbos
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Moslems of the Senussi sect. Their leader, Seyyid Idris el Senussi, was all set to re-establish an independent Senussi State under British protection. But here, and also in northern Libya, Sir Archibald and the General Officer Commander in Chief in Egypt Lieut. General Sir Henry Maitland ("Jumbo") Wilson were faced with an administrative problem as ticklish as that of Palestine. They had to decide whether to hand the land back to Arabs, or leave it in the hands of Italian settlers, who seem willing to accept British rule...
...invasion of Italian Somaliland would be done. Gradually, through the week, the British loosed the Italians' hold on defense positions in front of the Juba. They forced two crossings a few miles upriver from the coast. At week's end the British jubilantly announced the capture of Jumbo, a port at the river's mouth which, they said, assured their crossings, sewed up southern Jubaland, and made their advance on the province's capital, Mogadiscio, a far easier...
...high point of the none-too-impressive Jumbo record was the 31 to 29 victory over Brown at Providence. In most of their games, they have shown an 'erratic type of play which has made them look unbeatable at times and rather ragged at others...
...give Publisher Hearst a private preview, make necessary adjustments. Seldom in Hollywood history had there been such a prospective buildup. Wiseacres shook their heads in wonder. Was it inspiration or luck? Orson Welles might not be the Junius Brutus Booth of his generation, but some thought he had a jumbo streak of the old Barnum...
Last week, when the news got around that Jumbo was turning black, the bond holders had another reason to be grateful to Binns: from a 1940 low of 28 the bonds had shot up to 62. Said Binns: ". . . Think what we could do with an occupancy...