Word: motto
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first time in this war we are fighting to free our homes, our wives and our children from German attacks. Every yard we advance reduces the area from which he can launch his secret weapons. . . . Let us drive forward ruthlessly and relentlessly, taking as our motto, 'One more kilometer and one less bomb...
...British airman had a clear idea of what a tactical air force was supposed to do. Coningham, who had left a heavy-bomber post in Britain, was flexible enough to learn. He took over seven battered squadrons of Hurricanes and lumbering Blenheims from Air Vice Marshal Raymond Collishaw, whose motto had been "Let's fox 'em." That idea did not suit Coningham. He knew that Jerry had to be slugged...
There was little jesting about the menace. Londoners took seriously the flip motto of one ack-ack crew: "If doodle dallies, don't dawdle. Dive!" Nicknames for the Things were short-lived. The latest: "bumblebees." Most Londoners, with prop er respect, called the Things by their formal name: flying bombs...
...motto: "Let us make as small a scandal as possible." Mother's dowry produced an income of 35,000 gold francs (she inherited 600,000-$120,000-more...
...Mott's favorite maxim: "Let us turn stumbling blocks into steppingstones." Another Motto: "Pessimists never are in demand and never become great leaders or servants of humanity...