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...first knotty problem in 1884, at the age of three, when an uncle taught him to tie a reef (square) knot. Since then he has hobnobbed with sailors, cowboys, circus men, weavers, tailors, butchers, truck drivers, Boy Scouts, steeple jacks, cobblers, electric linemen, "and with elderly ladies who knit." He has watched oxen slung for shoeing, accompanied tree surgeons aloft, shadowed poachers to examine their snares...
This startling association of terms raised a dither. Said Minister of State Palmiro Togliatti, boss of Italy's well-knit Communist Party: "I do not know what the Catholic Communist Party is. I will have to find out." Even if Voce d'Operaia turned out to be short-lived, it was a testimonial to the growing popularity of Russia and Communism among Italians...
Muscovites guessed the tight-knit, blond, blue-eyed ex-mechanic scored his latest triumph over Rumania, where in 1941 he began his fighting career. He was then 28 and middle-aged by U.S. or British fighter-pilot standards. Since then he has fought more than 500 air battles, has been shot down thrice...
...Stilwell's supplies also flowed up the Bengal-Assam railway, along with the gasoline and parts that still give the tightly knit Allied Air Force control of the air and the power to lay down what the Burma fighters needed on the Allied "dropping grounds" in the jungles. If the railway fell, Joe Stilwell's venture would fail. The Jap had made a neat estimate of the situation...
Sued for Divorce. By Cinemactress Lana Turner, 23, well-knit sweater girl: Stephen Crane, 28, cinemaspirant, one time broker; almost two years after their marriage (for each the second), 14 months after its annulment, 13 months after their remarriage, nine months after the birth of their daughter ; in Los Angeles. She charged extreme cruelty, asked for custody of Cheryl Christinia Crane, sought no alimony...