Word: knowingness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Murille Grieve of Cobham and Violet May Nicholson of Kingston-upon-Thames arrived at Brighton for a brief vacation. They stepped into a shop and were blown up to the next floor and buried in the debris, unable to move, not knowing whether they were dying or not. Eight hours...
But it was not until the years of World War I that Edsel first learned what it was going to mean to live within the Ford legend. Deeply opposed to war, Henry insisted that Edsel be deferred from the draft as one of the company's key men. Edsel...
On July 30 he will be 80. But his blue eyes are still sharp, his mind disconcertingly keen. Hours of his days are still spent dogtrotting through the Rouge and Willow Run shops, poking his long nose into obscure corners, knowing everything that is going on. At no time during...
You never know what's coming next in the Army. If you're going to be shipped, you get a half-hour's notice, and even then you haven't the faintest idea where you're going. You'll line up several times a day without knowing what the formation...
The soldiers in "this man's Army" are well worth knowing. Many of them are objectionable, but the vast majority are people you'd like to meet. And there are a large number who, though less well educated, are as nice as the best Harvard has to offer.