Word: lighter
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...days after the assault on Peleliu Admiral Wilkinson made his second move. He gave Major General Paul J. Mueller's 81st ("Wildcat") Army Division its baptism of fire by sending it ashore on southernmost, phosphate-producing Angaur Island, six miles south of Peleliu. Initial resistance was lighter this time...
...tail in mid-flight if it is so foolish as to venture up the road. Now and then a burst of gunfire, flatter and nearer than the noise of the S.P.s signals a sally of German heavy tanks from Sauzette. They sneak out, fire a few rounds at our lighter armored cavalry cars and tanks, then rush back to cover under bursts of our noisy but ineffective reply." Somewhere along that road, between us and the town, is a small unit of infantry, prudently silent in the gathering darkness...
...rotors (either or both), Killer's "Hillercopter" is driven and steered by the top rotors alone. Advantages claimed by Hiller: his machine is much easier to pilot, can be parked in a garage by folding the rotor blades, will eventually fly farther and faster, because of its lighter construction, than other helicopters. He said he had already flown his 90-h.p. model at 100 m.p.h...
Mary-Agnes Brown was a Washington lawyer and authority on veterans' legislation before she joined. Her stern hairdo belies 42-year-old Brown's lighter side. She can do Mexican folk dances and sing Mexican love songs in a fair soprano. Stationed in Australia, she is staff director in the Southwest Pacific area...
Barring rain, the concert will be give on the steps of Widener Library at 7:00 o'clock. A second program is schedule for Wednesday, August 30. The last of the Yard Concerts were held during the spring term, when varied programs of works of operatic nature and lighter numbers were presented...