Word: outletting
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...success at Yuyangkwan could be further exploited, the Japanese position was not enviable. The bulk of their strength, estimated at several divisions, was concentrated on the northern flank for a breakthrough, presumably against the western outlet of the Yangtze gorges. Now this concentration, outflanked, its rear threatened, would either have to achieve that break-through within a minimum of time, or retreat...
...Japanese push was surging westward along the Yangtze River. Immediate objectives seemed to be: 1) clearing the river between Hankow and Ichang; 2) seizing control of the western outlet of the 120-mile stretch of Yangtze gorges through which Chinese supplies are fed to the central front...
...Harvard that was had need of a Crimson. Now the predominantly undergraduate body is gone, and with it the ned for an outlet of student opinion, and for news of leisurely activities. The Service News will cover all the Army and Navy schools and also the civilian students, but it will not be a Crimson. There will be no editorial policy, and there may be heavy censorship by the services. With many different contributors and little time for editing by the small staff, literary standards must surely be lowered. Such sacrifices are the price of wartime news...
Fighter pilots are said to be either old or bold, never both. In the Aleutians they are mostly bold. Often on their way home from missions they dogfight each other out of sheer exuberance. The officers don't try to stop them, agree they need the outlet...
Paka-Jake, needing another outlet, concentrated on clairvoyance: he could always tell that one of his more affluent neighbors was about to die in a few months. Forthwith one of the disciples would be dispatched with a warning-and a promise that Paka-Jake would intercede with the gods if the neighbor paid Paka-Jake a couple of thousand bolivianos (about $40). Sometimes he paid and sometimes not. If not, the neighbor kicked the bucket...