Word: maines
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Main line of Britain's publicity as it appeared outside Great Britain during Lord Macmillan's first week was not to arouse hatred against Germany, but to show that normal European life was impossible unless Hitler was overthrown; not to arouse awe of Britain's military might, but to win confidence in Britain's aims...
France. Hidden in secrecy was France's Bureau des Informations. But the main French policy has long been known: "The brutal propaganda of the Axis powers has not always been favorable to their reputations. . . . We will not stoop to the showy advertising to which our rivals have resorted. . . . The propaganda of France must be of an informative character...
Penetration v. Laceration. Battlefield wounds are of two main types: penetrating, lacerating. Penetrating wounds are caused by bomb fragments and bullets, lacerating wounds by high explosive bombs. "Secondary bodies" may also act as missiles. "Thus the contents of a victim's pockets," say Drs. Mitchiner and Cowell, "may be peppered by the force of the burst bomb, and such things as ... penknives, coins and pencils may be found distributed in the body, and occasionally outside objects such as pebbles, bits of masonry, and even the bones and soft tissues of a nearby victim may cause wounds." Grease, dirt...
...Into the main station of Geneva, Switzerland one night in February 1939 crawled a train of 22 freight cars. Atop every second car sat a machine-gun crew, and as the train stopped, three French soldiers with fixed bayonets jumped from each car. The art treasures of Spain, snatched from Madrid's gun-gutted Prado and many another lesser museum, vandalized churches and bombed palaces, had reached safety in Switzerland. In the cars were 1,842 big packing cases, containing 266 masterpieces by El Greco, Goya, Velasquez, Titian, Rubens, scores of other paintings, priceless collections of gold and silver...
...World War II hit U. S. stock and bond markets like a whirlwind. Many a man was still alive who remembered that Bethlehem Steel flew from a low of 25 in 1914 to a 1915 high of 600, General Motors from 58⅞ to 558. Last week's main gyrations...