Word: jump
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Goebbels: "With regard to the present time and its sufferings, there is only one deadly sin and that is cowardice. . . . In critical situations one must keep one's heart in one's hand and jump over the threatening precipice...
They were U.S. paratroopers, specially trained for this kind of jungle blitz. They flopped down hurriedly into the tall Kunai grass of the valley. Australian artillerymen with their guns dropped down after them. The Aussies had had only a week's training and only one practice jump, but they took the leap gamely. Australian pioneers, who had made a five-day trek overland, joined the U.S. and Australian paratroopers...
...Army-National Geographic Society balloon to 60,613 ft. over South Dakota before the bag ripped and they had to leave their airtight gondola (roared Bill Kepner into his radio mike: "This damned thing has gone nuts!") Not until the gondola had plummeted to 500 ft. did he jump. It was his last big experience with ballooning. Already an airplane pilot, he became one of the Army's best fighter commanders...
...Washington, convinced WPB that it would be wise to cancel the lease and reconvert The Kelly to tires. Other ordnance plants took on The Kelly's orders, and just 12 days after the deal was made, the first workers were laid off. Within two weeks, the layoffs will jump to 2,000, will crescendo until, in three weeks, the payroll will be slashed approximately 75%, leaving the basic staff needed to install tiremaking equipment, 1,200 men. On Oct. 1, The Kelly quits making ammunition, starts on tires...
...Walter Johnson's pitches in the stands, he popped three easy fly balls; once-peerless Right Fielder Murray muffed the first one; once-infallible Second Baseman Collins and Center Fielder Speaker followed suit. Said Speaker: "When you're away from baseball 13 years, they sure jump at you." The oldtimers were terrible but the galleries loved them...