Word: owing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Personally, I owe my hide to some Fijian Scouts on Bougainville. And the Fijians are not exactly white. As a matter of fact, they are quite sunburned. But all these peoples are fighting on our side to preserve our freedom to hate them...
...garrison life of India, on the reefs of South Africa, the maternal home, and the conversation of wealthy, conservative households, is a pitiful jumble of nonsense. . . . He has served his purpose and it is high time he retired upon his laurels before we forget the debt we owe him. His last associations with the various European royalties who share his belief in the invincible snobbishness of mankind . . . are his final farewell to human confidence...
...people who owe their lives to penicillin, Dr. Alexander Fleming...
...three steps." If there is any roach powder, ant paste or canned heat within three steps, Jim is likely to mix a spot or two with the gin, brandy, whiskey and tabasco sauce. But he apparently thrives on such concoctions. At San Diego a doctor told him: "Colonel, you owe your life to a strong constitution and good, clean living." Jim smiled...
...School of Demoralization." In the North, victorious soldiers returning from Washington's giant Victory Parade suspiciously repeated the slogan of the day: "The Only National Debt We Can Never Pay Is the Debt We Owe to the Victorious Union Soldiers." With bonuses and back pay the average private left the army with $250 in his pocket. But as the tumult and the shouting died, the old civilian mistrust of the soldier revived. Jobs were easy to find, but veterans often discovered that an ,army record was something to conceal rather than to display. "The veteran," wrote one newspaper...