Word: lowe
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last to arrive, the unwelcome Argentines were apparently under strict orders to lie low, do nothing to increase the unpopularity of the U.S. -Latin bloc. Argentina's Rodolfo Garcia Arias moved quietly, his shoulders heavy with dignity and dandruff...
...March 19. Fifty miles off the coast of Japan, Task Force 58 was launching an air assault against Shikoku and Kyushu when a Jap bomber dropped out of the low overcast, rocketed in over the bow of the 27,000-ton carrier Franklin ("Big Ben") and swept the length of her flight deck. Not until too late did antiaircraft crews get their guns on the raider. From the Jap's belly two 500-lb. bombs plummeted down...
...Tufts would kill each other off in events in which no Crimson men were expected to score. That is exactly what happened during the early events, with the Crimson coming strong at the end to sweep 24 out of 33 points in the last three races (220, 880, and low hurdles...
High hurdles-Won by Jenkins (H); second, O'Brien (B); third, Sleicher (B); fourth, Hunter (H). Time-15.9 sec. Low hurdles-Won by Hunter (H); second, Porter (T); third, Jenkins (H); fourth, O'Brien (B). Time-26.6 sec. 440-yard dash-Won by Fechtor (B); second, Clark (H); third, Steinbauer (H); fourth, Ellis (H). Time...
...veteran reporter (who saw Poland, the Low Countries and France invaded, and once rode in a 6-29 on a raid on Japan) flew with a U.S.A.A.F. captain to Saint-Nazaire to cover the scheduled surrender of some hard-to-convince Nazis. Landing at a likely-looking airstrip near the town, they were met by a heel-clicking group of German officers. One of the Germans identified himself as the "commanding officer," and promptly unconditionally surrendered the entire force of 27,000-including the Luftwaffe...