Word: mimics
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...grassy plains of Hokurokudo 30,000 Japanese troops made mimic war last week in Grand Maneuvers staged for the Sublime Emperor Hirohito by ambitious, sabre-rattling War Minister Sadao Araki who finally grew so elated by his own sense of Power that he committed a major indiscretion...
...imitation of 'white greatness.' I am more than ever convinced that the African civilization dates back to the times when Oriental culture, including that from China, began to influence the Western world. I believe where the Afro-American made his mistake was when he began trying to mimic the West instead of developing the really great tendencies he inherited from the East. I believe the Negro can achieve his former greatness only if he learns to follow his natural tendencies, and ceases trying to master the greatness of the West. My own instincts are Asiatic...
...Lone Wolf Tribe (Wrigley's Chewing Gum). An Indian powwow, opening with lugubrious war-whoops which listening children mimic. Gifts to be obtained for chewing gum wrappers: a pin, a book of tribal secrets, Indian regalia...
After six tense days of hide & seek in the big Pacific, the U. S. Battle Force, Blue defender in the Navy's Fleet Problem No. 14, and the Scouting Force, Black raiders, met off California last week, went through 36 hours of terrific mimic fighting. The Black fleet of cruisers and carriers were strong aloft, weak afloat. The Blues had all the battleships. Black bombers from a divided force peppered San Pedro and San Francisco but heavy Blue guns (firing 1-lb. blanks) took make-believe toll on the Lexington and Saratoga. Most unexpected occurrence...
Black v. Blue, This mimic action was only a local prelude to the Navy's main maneuver. At midnight, Feb. 9, Admiral Clark was to deploy his Scouting Force off the California coast in an attempt to strike through the Navy's first-line defense, the Battle Force. Under every warlike condition except actual fire, he was allowed seven days to develop and execute his strategy...