Word: mapped
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...which is definitely a national tragedy. But with a second rate cast and a misguided press agent, the show is prevented into legitimate burlesque. A sincere effort at saying something constructive, plus the denial of vulgarity merely for vulgarity's sake might again put Tobacco Road on the theatrical map...
...election possible. When the last campaign was over, he had an army of 22,000,000 to help him fight for his cause. But he walked off the field and left them. If he had kept his organization together and sat down with the party leaders in Congress to map out a definite domestic program, the country would have been in much better shape today and he would have some definite accomplishments to point to. He could still start the ball rolling if he would spend the next two years doing some good, earnest political gumshoeing...
...initial infiltrations (see map) were still to be consolidated and the decisive battles were still to be fought, for if the Axis armies were divided, so were the separate Russian columns. Only when the Russians have regained full possession of all the chief rail routes can their driving winter offensive capitalize on its possibilities...
...crucial battle of the year centered not in production but in transportation (see map). As the Army predicted, it was above all the year of logistics. A few hours after Pearl Harbor the Santa Fe's Super Chief and the Union Pacific's City of Los Angeles were holed into sidings to let the first troop and munition trains thunder westward to the Coast. From then on the rails, which during 1940 and 1941 looked ripe for socialization to New Deal enthusiasts, turned in a record which made the socialization argument academic. Passenger-miles increased from 29 billion...
...through the mountains of Yünnan. Along its west bank the Japanese had nurtured themselves, gathering their strength. Near Tengyueh they struck. Three columns, altogether some 6,000 veteran troops, swung north and east with the apparent intention of outflanking Chinese troops scattered along the Burma Road (see map...