Word: li
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...question of how hard or how early the West Wall is to break depends on manpower. Last week's victories at Mons and Liège helped to cut off several divisions which the Germans had undoubtedly counted...
Another smart move of General Hodges -pushing two columns forward to threaten Liège and then cutting the city off from behind by a third column-cut up another German division, captured a thousand prisoners, killed one general and captured another without a real fight...
Heavy hitters for the Crimson were rightfielder Sherm Clark and catcher Bill Harding, each with two hits in four trips to the plate. Lestfielder Klepper led the Seabees attack, also with two for four. HARVARD ab li po a e Clark, rf 4 2 1 0 0 Flattery, rb 5 0 7 0 0 Chapple, 2b 5 1 1 2 0 Boston, cf 2 1 1 0 0 Lutz, 3b 4 1 3 4 0 Ross 1 0 0 0 0 Harding, c 4 2 7 2 0 Conlon, lf 4 0 1 0 0 Falsey...
Unlike the army of Honan, this "was a first-rate fighting force,'partly equipped with U.S. howitzers and mortars, partly led by U.S.-trained officers, commanded by the seasoned veteran, General Wei Li-huang, whom his men call "100-victory Wei." Effective air support came from Major General Claire Chennault's Fourteenth Air Force...
These were interesting words. No one knew what they meant in practice, but in Chungking and the U.S. alike observers were prepared to apply to Ch'en Li-fu the maxim of his great mentor, Confucius: "Listen to men's words, but watch what they...