Word: nesting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...singlehandedly" wiping out a machine-gun nest in Italy, a dog named Chips was awarded the D.S.C., the Silver Star and the Purple Heart (TIME, Nov. 22, Jan. 24). Last week this impressive sweep of medals appeared likely to stand in the records for a long time, maybe forever...
...down the road we could see a solitary German impudently walking to the road. "Five rounds now-drop 'em in," yelled Comrie over the telephone. Black smoke puffed all around the red houses. The German threw himself to the ground. "The last one got a machine-gun nest," Comrie whooped. "Shoot five more rounds...
...Raymond & Raymond gallery last week (see cut). Their natures were suitably described by their caricaturist, 31-year-old San Franciscan Justin Murray. Sample: "Protectus Defendus (Joseph Stalin) -RANGE: Unpredictable. HABITAT: Enjoys sub-zero temperatures and thick, slimy mud. Remarkably mobile, he is frequently found far behind his enemies' nests. IDENTIFICATION: A large, tough bird-much tougher than anyone imagined. VOICE: Seldom heard. FOOD: Feeding habits are almost entirely beneficial to man, since its diet is largely composed of destructive rodents and fuhrer-bearing animals." The Chiangs were found in "a sturdy little nest in the vicinity of Chungking...
...Private Floyd Lindscom, once a truck driver in Colorado Springs, attacked a German machine-gun nest, killed the crew with his .45, dragged their gun and ammunition back to his unit, which then turned German bullets on German coun-terattackers. Recommended for Lindscom: the Medal of Honor...
...Rescued from the Eagle's Nest, by Edwin S. Porter, whose The Great Train Robbery (1903), being the first movie ever to tell a story, is one of the most important films ever made. The baby is anonymous. The eagle is stuffed. The Nature is by Richard Murphy. The Nature's Nobleman, who later rescues the baby, was played by a young actor named David Wark Griffith...