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Austerity in Solitude. In this cave St. Benedict spent three years in solitary prayers, meditation and austerity. He dressed in the skins of the wild animals that once more began to multiply in Italy. Shepherds first coming upon St. Benedict mistook him for a wild beast. He preached to them, performed miracles, converted them to Christianity...
Tarawa had shown the high price of frontal assault. This time the Army troops landed first on Kwajalein's flank, on the islet of Gea (which they mistook in the dark for Ninni). They dragged their artillery through the water with them. Then they crossed to Ninni, Ennylabegan and Enubuj...
...Butler said Brazilian rubber was costing the U.S. "$500 a pound." Reply: he mistook 30,000 tons for 30,000 "pounds"; actual cost...
...West Mersea, England. Grey-mustached Sir William's principles were as high as his bowler, his methods sometimes as narrow as his collar. He did not like the idea of female bobbies. In 1922 he cunningly waved away poisoned éclairs sent to him by mail, soon afterwards mistook some arsenious chocolate creams for an expected gift. He recovered-and succeeded in tracking down the insane sender of both sweets...
...fledgling from the U.S. Army air base at Dalhart, Tex. last week bungled his navigation by 45 miles: he mistook the lights of Boise City, Okla. (pop: 1,144) for his practice target. Aiming straight at the Baptist church and Forrest Bourk's garage, he loosed six practice bombs (each bomb: 4 lb. of powder, 96 lb. of sand and shell). The noise of the explosions roared through the sleeping town...