Word: nippon
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hair adorns the chin of Nippon's waxy, weak-chinned Emperor Hirohito. But last week his cheeks burned to the same scorching heat that Spain's gloomy Philip II knew when Britain's pirate captains sailed up to singe his beard...
...churchmen since Pearl Harbor was partially answered last week. Had the roots of Christianity been planted deep enough in Japan to withstand the erosion of war? Probably not-according to a 28-year-old Korean theological student, who had been drafted into the Japanese Army from Tokyo's Nippon Theological College, later escaped and made his way to Chungking...
...Ganges River at foot of majestic Himalaya Mountains, sons of Nippon look for some crocodiles...
...Converted Nippon Yusen Kaisha liners...
Early this week they had fought their way clear across the lower end of the island, had seized Aslito Airfield. U.S. air forces held control of the sky, bombed in stallations, showered Jap civilians and sol diers with invitations to surrender. But no one doubted that the soldiers of Nippon would fight...