Word: knottings
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...curious how this feeling communicated itself. Except for the hard knot which is inside some men, courage is largely the desire to show other men that you have it. And so, in a large group, when a majority have somehow signaled to each other a willingness to quit acting, it is very hard indeed not to quit. The only way to avoid it is to be put to shame by a small group of men to whom this acting is life itself, and who refuse to quit; or by a naturally courageous man doing a brave deed...
...Knot. Whether godly, heroic Montgomery is of the same military caliber as godly, brilliant "Stonewall" Jackson is a question unanswered. As a military man he appears to be more of the caliber of persistent Ulysses Grant...
...Tunisia, Rommel can expect some surcease behind the deep, scattered pillbox defenses of the Mareth Line. There is little chance that the Allies can prevent his making a junction with an estimated 70,000 troops of Colonel General Jürgen von Arnim, who recently succeeded Nehring. The knot of Axis strength will be hard to unravel, especially with Montgomery's old enemy in the middle of it. Rommel remains a wily tactician. It may be a knot that will tie the Allies up so long that operations against southern Europe will be impossible this summer. Last week...
...carrier maintains a speed of at least 20 knots, the probability of a successful submarine attack is very low. Unfortunately some carriers in this war have been tied to ten-knot tankers and transports as if they had guns sticking out of every port and all the underwater protection in the world. It is remarkable that such ships have not been hit more often than they have...
...submarine's black foredeck another knot of men stood. They were pale and bearded. They showed no emotion, only a smile here & there as friends on the dock tossed out coarse, friendly greetings. The submarine's skipper, Lieut. Commander Henry C. Bruton, stood on the bridge, giving quiet orders...