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...Ronson cigaret lighter; one Waltham wrist watch; one U.S.-made nail clipper; a colored picture of a tiger (possibly picked up during the Malayan campaign); a helmet with hollow pads in which was secreted a girl's photograph; a mosquito headnet ful of rice. . . . One other item lying near by turned out to be a white silk shirt, made in Sydney. Don't ask me what a Nip would be doing with a white silk shirt...
...cake of soap and a little oil; a minute quantity of fish and one egg. Only children have the right to milk. The people keep body and soul together with a little rice and vegetables. . . . "Brides can no longer include a tansu [wooden chest of drawers] and a mosquito net in their trousseau, but must be happy with two boxes of senko [incense] and a basket [bassinet...
...German city, newly industrialized with evacuated war plants and crowded with refugees from Berlin, the bombers poured more than 1,500 tons of explosive and fire. No night fighters met them; Leipzig had only searchlights and flak. Then, while bombs were falling on Leipzig, a large force of swift Mosquito bombers flashed in on Berlin...
...fighter-bombers cross the Channel from France in 16 minutes or so, dump their bombloads anywhere, skedaddle for home. These in-&-out tactics give the Fighter Command and anti-aircraft guns slight chance to strike back, but the R.A.F. has bagged more than 6% of the intruders. (British Mosquito bomber losses over Germany: less than...
...evidence of the burnt hairs withered. The fingerprint which De Marigny was supposed to have left somewhere on the screen beside Sir Harry's bed became hopelessly confused with prints which might have been found later on a piece of glassware. The mystery of how the mosquito netting over Sir Harry's bed could burn without smudging the white ceiling was left unsolved. On these and many other points the Crown had seemed strangely listless. But the defense had shown the same caution, left spectators puzzling over its failure to challenge numerous alibis...