Word: nice
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Lucky a Million Men Will Die!"), of an infant on a meatblock ("Nice Fresh Babies-79? a Pound"). The pacifist group killed compulsory military training out of the Defense Act of 1920; the regular Army was later cut to 125,000; Stallings' What Price Glory? had a long run. Everyone vowed again and again that it must not happen again...
...plot, for the benefit of those who have been in hibernation for the last two years has to do with an escaped criminal, with 12 murders to his credit, and two nice old ladies in Brooklyn, who also lay claim to 12 victims. There's plenty of room for complications here and authors Lindsay and Crouse take almost fiendish advantage of the situation...
...present Italian royal house) sent soldiers to exterminate them. The terrible Piedmont Easter massacre (1655) moved Oliver Cromwell to decree a public fast to show English sympathy for the Waldensians. Cromwell warned the Duke of Savoy that if such a thing happened again the British fleet would bombard Nice. The massacre also brought from John Milton his thunderous sonnet...
Which merits a nice passing grade-nothing remotely resembling A plus, but at any rate...
...leave "planning of the future world in what we trust are capable civilians hands" is, for the serviceman, or anyone else, unjustified escapism. While reading a "nice comfy article" on what we are fighting for may not be the favorite recreation of the war-weary soldier, thinking along such lines is just as much a part of the battle as taking "Hill...