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...occasion he works out each move, for platoons as well as divisions, in minutest detail before ordering...
...Aleppo, the French and British commanders met with Turkey's high command in long sessions at which they were reported to have mapped out, in minutest detail, plans for tri-power action in the event of Balkan invasion by Germany or a Caucasian war with Russia. The Balkans buzzed with a report (discounted in London and Paris) that Turkey had promised the Allies free passage through the Dardanelles for war purposes and use of her harbors at Trebizond, Samsun and Sinope for a blockade of the Black...
Even Cincinnati's dog-collared dowagers -to whom Reds usually meant Bolsheviks, flies pests and bunting something one wrapped a baby in-could reel off the minutest details of the Reds' harrowing experiences the past month: a robust team with a fielding average of .975 (best in the league) and a batting average of .273 (third best), they were leading the National League by twelve games on August i and looked like a cinch to win the pennant; but last week, mind you, they were struggling to defend a precarious 2½-game lead against the Cardinals...
...design classes, boats must be identical not only in hull lines, sail area and rigging but even in the minutest detail of equipment. These classes are increasing in great numbers because: 1) one-design boats are cheaper; 2) their racing life is prolonged, since they cannot be outbuilt; 3) the boat is reduced to an instrument (like a tennis racket or golf club) for the display of individual skill...
...after steaming in for a close look at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, receiving Governor Lawrence Cramer of the Virgin Islands on board in St. Thomas Harbor, and paying a courtesy call on the Dutch island of St. Eustatius ("Statia"). The President let it be known that he was following every minutest move of the opposing forces on a big chart in Admiral Leahy's quarters. "Results" of naval war games are not usually made public but this time nation and world looked forward to a Roosevelt's-eye account of what happened, in laymen's language, upon...