Word: mats
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...superb preparation and defense of the Philippines-almost entirely lacking in planes and tanks, which are at least 95% of modern warfare's matériel-General Douglas MacArthur was 1941's Man of the Year with no close competitors...
...moment later cheers from the crowds outside heralded the arrival of U.S. delegates led by Under Secretary Sumner Welles, who walked in, poker-faced, managing despite midsummer heat and a double-breasted blue suit, to look as cool as a glass of maté. The applause which greeted him was real. For the first time in the long history of Pan-American conferences, delegates, influenced by a common fear of Axis aggression and the past nine years of friendly U.S. relations, seemed to share a feeling that this time the U.S. was not a hypocritical boss but a Good Neighbor...
...other defense chiefs-had the same goal. Without conversion to munitions the auto industry was finished, because there was no more rubber for its peacetime cars to roll on. Without conversion the union was a union of unemployed. And without conversion the Government would have trouble getting all the matériel that it needs to beat the Axis...
...Good. The limited extent of U.S. matériel losses was most heartening, made complete liars out of the Japanese High Command. Lost...
...overtime St. Nick's stopped coasting and put on the pressure, and only a "prayer mat" stop by O'Neill kept them from going out in front. Al Everts, center of the Sophomore trio, put the Crimson ahead 4 to 3 when he batted the puck past the goaler in a scrimmage in front of the crease. In spite of the obvious teamwork on this play the officials did not give credit for an assist, although probably both of Evert's wingmen deserved credit...