Word: occasional
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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"Now I have a two-room flat at Limastrasse 12. It's nicely furnished for Berlin-there's a bed (but no sheets for six weeks), a couple of desks, chairs, and even a piano. Somehow the Russians overlooked most of the household equipment-plates, cups, and some...
Atlantic City, once a mecca for giggling cuties in Mack Sennett bathing suits, abandoned itself for five days last week to a ponderous appraisal of the female mind. The occasion: the annual Miss America contest. The prize: a $5,000 college scholarship offered on a take-it-or-leave-it...
Return Visit. Bob Eichelberger will set up his headquarters in bomb-smashed Tokyo. He had visited the Jap capital before, and on one occasion had started a picturesque yarn.
On one such uneasy occasion Eichelberger's aide, Major Clyde Schuck, whispered from his foxhole, "General, are you all right?" Getting no answer, he repeated the question in an anxious shout. From Eichelberger's hideout near by came the rumble of the General's voice: "Clyde, my...
Eichelberger, who talks of military campaigns in football terms, does not believe in generals who buck the middle of the opponent's line; instead, he favors the end run, the cleverly concealed multiple pass, even on occasion a well-executed shoe string play. He minimizes his achievements in battle...