Word: overnighting
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...Then, overnight it seemed, the G.I.s disappeared. They had gone to D-day to begin the liberation of Europe. It was a campaign that put American soldiers side by side with British, not always with happy results. Many of the British were veterans of the battles against Rommel in the Western Desert. They considered themselves hardened campaigners and thought the G.I.s amateurs. The Americans expended vast quantities of ammunition to gain ground and expected air support in every attack. They were also much more generously equipped than the British, regarded luxuries as necessities and seemed to have money to burn...
...just courage but constancy; not just strength but subtlety. Liberty can't be fired like a bullet into the hard ground. It requires, among other things, time and trust, and a nation scarred by tyranny and divided by tribe and faith is not going to turn into Athens overnight. A force intensely trained for its mission finds itself improvising at every turn, required to exercise exquisite judgment in extreme circumstances: Do you shoot the 8-year-old when he picks up the grenade launcher? How do you win the hearts and minds of residents in a town...
...item's availability and when it "usually" ships, which should help the harried. The site's Apparel, Sporting Goods, Gourmet Food and other departments also set off items that are in stock and will ship quickly in green "Simply Give" boxes on their home pages. Note: if you select overnight shipping, that means the day after your order leaves the warehouse--not the day after you hit the Submit Order button...
...husband (Paul Stewart), take the corpse away. Tommy, who has the reputation as a fibber, can?t get his parents or the police to believe him. He?s in deeper trouble when his mother makes him apologize to the murderers. The next night, his folks have to go out overnight. ?Don?t leave your room,? warns his mother. ?I won?t, Mom,? he says hopelessly. ?There?s no place for me to go.? But there?s a place for the killers to go: his place...
Thirty years ago, my girlfriend and I took an overnight ferry from Piraeus, the port of Athens, to Iraklion, on the island of Crete. After mooching around the Minoan ruins at Knossos, we hitchhiked to the wildly beautiful lands in the west of the island. The girlfriend became my wife, and every year or two since-15 times in all-we've returned, to the same village, the same indescribable light, the same White Mountains plunging into the same wine-dark...