Word: moving
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...miles up the Yangtze River from Shanghai, with 86 men of her original crew of 192 still aboard. The Communists kept 105-mm. howitzers constantly trained on the Amethyst at a murderous 400-yard range. The colonel commanding the batteries had warned the Amethyst's captain: "If you move, I'll sink you instantly...
Suddenly, plainclothesmen burst through the front door and windows, crying "Nobody move!" They swept up cards, chips and cash as evidence, herded together 20 prisoners, including a Mexican general, a wealthy Texan and several of the brightest lights of capital society. When the courts opened next day, the 20 were charged with gambling and released on bail (possible sentence: three months to a year in jail...
...Victory of Springtime. A U.S. correspondent describes how De Lattre held briefings: "He would stride up & down, describing every move with his delicate hands, drawing himself up on tiptoe, clenching his fists and shivering or mopping his brow to express cold or heat." He was moody. An American who worked with him says: "Frequently a U.S. officer visiting De Lattre would find him hunched over his desk, holding his head in his hands. The natural reaction of the American would be: 'The man's crazy...
Once, during the battle of the Colmar pocket, De Lattre's superior, U.S. General Jacob Devers, put the XXI U.S. Army Corps under his command (other U.S. officers were outraged by this move). Throughout the fighting, Devers kept up a stream of suggestions to De Lattre via field telephone. Finally De Lattre exploded: "If you want me to run this battle, leave me alone. If you want to run it, come here and take over." Devers, who respects De Lattre as a first-rate soldier, smiled: "I was wondering how soon he would say that...
With sweet smiles and cold determination, the sisters move in on and eventually take possession of the converted-stable studio of a dithery painter (Elsa Lan-chester). They also wheedle the deed to a valuable piece of real estate from a notorious gangster (Thomas Gomez), and almost drive a songwriting neighbor (Hugh Marlowe) out of his mind before he capitulates. In their childlike faith, they brush aside every staggering obstacle in their path. When things look really tough, they say a prayer to St. Jude, patron of the impossible...