Word: makin
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Marines were still killing Japs in the Solomons (see col. 1) when a smaller Marine detachment raided tiny Makin Island, 1,250 miles northeast of Tulagi. Under tall, battle-hardened Lieut. Colonel Evans F. Carlson and his second-in-command, Major James Roosevelt, they killed at least 80 Japs, destroyed two seaplanes and a radio station, looked on while Jap bombers from a nearby island pounded what was left of their own men and installations. Then the Marines retired...
...little ken what curséd speed The beastie's makin...
...myself should very much enjoy makin' my house a home, but my brain keeps on a-goin' clickety-click...
Currently many a Texan sings of national defense. On a single Southwest juke box may be found I'm Lending You to Uncle Sam (sung by Bonnie Blue Eyes), Oh! They're Makin' Me All Over in the Army (Dick Robertson). Tall, slow-talking Red River Dave (Dave McEnery), who has written 200 songs, lately got off I'd Rather Fight for My Country Than Fight With a Wife...
...Edinburgh, Dr. Niebuhr delighted his hearers by delivering his complicated lectures extempore, drew the largest crowds in Gifford history. Said one woman: "I dinna understand a word ye say when ye preach, but somehow I ken that ye're makin' God great." Before the lectures were finished, World War II broke out. Even that did not cut down the attendance. Intent on his exposition at one crowded lecture, Dr. Niebuhr suddenly noticed that his audience had grown restless. "Gracious, I'm losing their attention," he thought, "I'd better steam...