Word: minors
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Then the Eighth went south to clean up what was left of the Philippines. In 44 days it made six major and 24 minor landings. Eichelberger was all over the place, sleeping among his soldiers on the ground - once, so close to a Jap airfield that the racket of enemy airplane engines kept them awake most of the night. MacArthur wrote this commendation: "a model of what a light but aggressive com mand can accomplish in rapid exploitation...
...British foreign relations that overrides party affiliations. To the Britons who were disappointed, it underlined a fact often overlooked: the general election was fought over domestic not foreign policies. Controversial decisions of the Churchill Government (e.g., armed intervention in Greece) were coalition decisions in which Labor Ministers concurred. With minor modifications, Labor alone proposed to carry on where Labor-in-coalition had left...
Harry Truman obviously had more on his mind than the minor complaints of British newsmen. The same day, Secretary of State James F. Byrnes made it plain. Said Byrnes, eyeing the blacked-out Balkans: he would rather have free reporters watch the coming Balkan elections than any number of "official observers...
...Smilin' Jack was last seen heading out to battle in the Pacific, leaving the stage to minor characters; he will be in civilian clothes when readers see him again...
...Hearst papers will drop two minor-league strips, Tim Tyler's Luck and Jungle Jim, will sneak them back in when the creators get their boys into more peaceful pursuits...