Word: overshadowing
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...correspondents he saw the Pacific theater divided into three commands and his own role obscured. In the west a Briton had emerged as chief of Southeast Asia. In the division of men and materiel large Allied resources would go to Lord Louis Mountbatten for a drive which would overshadow and overlap MacArthur's plan. In the east was Admiral Chester Nimitz assembling strength which would necessarily denude MacArthur of needed ships for any amphibious operations...
...love, money, or ration points around Boston. Once again the highlight of the session was a splendid version of the blues, featuring Jack Butler singing his own lyrics and then leading the band out on a series of ensemble choruses which were so superb as to overshadow everything else heard during the afternoon...
...Friend Flicka (20th Century-Fox) is a sun-drenched, innocent film as wholesome as graham crackers. It is mainly 89 minutes of handsome Technicolor shots of Utah landscape animated with horses. Both scenery and animals are so lustrous that they overshadow the picture's slight, demi-idyllic story about Schoolboy Ken McLaughlin (Roddy Mc-Dowall) and his nervous sorrel filly, Flicka. Young Ken trains the horse, nurses and loves her. He learns through these tasks and emotions much about the equipment he will need in adult life...
Flashing an all-out green signal, President Conant last night told his Sanders Theatre audience that the demand for speed is desperate and "for young men the needs of the armed services now overshadow all other considerations...
This action is in direct accord with the group's policy of defeating Hitler at any cost. The club believes that America's possible entry into the war through conflict with German ships or airplanes must not overshadow the importance of giving England material aid in resistance to Hitler. A motion favoring immediate declaration of war was proposed but after a short discussion was turned down...