Word: loin
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Gandhi knows India and Britain as intimately as his own loin cloth. He distrusts the U.S., even though Indian newspapers are continually printing such appeals as that of the pro-Congress Delhi Evening National Call: "We appeal to President Roosevelt, and through him to the freedom-loving people of America, in the name of democracy to intercede and effect a settlement before it is too late...
Finally Judge Yule stepped forward, patted "Sargo's" flank. The crowd gave a whoop of delight. Yule mopped his brow and crammed a cigar into his mouth. He was later heard to declare: "I think maybe the Hereford had a little more cover on the loin...
...Italian Army is regarded by military men the world over with emotion ranging from contempt to hilarity-almost nowhere with admiration. But this was the first real test. Ethiopia, a war against men whose only armor was the loin cloth, was no test. Neither was the Italian picnic in southern France. No one knows how enthusiastically the campaign in Egypt has been pursued. But this was war, and all the world was watching. Considering the terrain, the weather, and the vigor of the brave Hellenes, the Italians were doing all right...