Word: method
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...before it was found that the Germans had strung thin wires through no man's land. Thereafter, the French patrols drove cattle and pigs ahead of them. Says Lieut. Colonel Paul W. Thompson, U.S. authority on land mines: "As long as the supply of animals holds out, the method has its points. Its efficacy is indicated in German reports describing the odor of decaying swine flesh which pervaded the Arndt Forest...
...their-engineers to do it. One detector is a sort of divining rod that works on an electromagnetic circuit, creates a buzz in the engineer's earphones when held over a buried mine. Such equipment is cumbersome on a battlefield, and British sappers prefer the old poke-&-dig method (see cut). Once the mines are discovered, each-whether there are 250 or 25,000-must be dug up with a fine touch...
Toward a Versailles-proof people's peace, Elder Statesman Herbert Hoover last week contributed some clear thinking about a planned change in the whole method and process of peacemaking...
...said: "There is no doubt that Americans can and will fight; when aroused they are brave in battle. You are going to get killing mad eventually; why not now, while you have time to learn thoroughly the art of killing. Soldiers learn quickly and well in battle . . . but the method is costly to both you and the nation...
...into the background and Men become the topic. Meows fly fast but a lot of exertion goes to trying to smoke in rooms. It's forbidden, but they manage. But the most exciting event of all was the time last year that a Harvard student tried the fire escape method of entry into Briggs. He got to the second floor before the girls that he wasn't after gave the alarm...