Word: patriotes
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...Patriot's Problem. In Rochester, N.Y., a ration board informed a young woman that she no longer need share-the-ride with a passenger who had a habit of changing to his work pants in the back seat...
...World War I honest Bernard O'Reilly wore the uniform of a sergeant in the Royal Irish Constabulary. One day in 1916, near his post along the lonely Kerry coast, a U-boat surfaced, put a passenger ashore. Sir Roger Casement, famed Irish patriot, was back from the Kaiser's Germany with a message for Ireland's underground rebels. A countrywoman spied him sneaking along the beach, notified the constabulary. Sergeant O'Reilly hurried to the scene, made the arrest that sent Sir Roger to a traitor's hanging in the Tower of London...
...Inside. The French also made active war. Whole chunks of territory were under complete patriot control. Known German losses since Dday: 3,000 killed, 500 wounded, 473 prisoners. The French themselves lost 389 killed, 33 wounded and an uncertain number of prisoners...
...Elting Hanna. His graceful dancing entranced Mrs. Hanna. The Americans pushed Tacho's fortunes, were gratified when President Moncada put him at the head of the National Guard. In good time, Tacho used the National Guard to liquidate his most formidable rival: Augusto Sandino, the pint-sized, ferocious patriot whose ragged guerrillas never yielded to the U.S. Marines. In 1936, Tacho took the Presidency for himself in a phony election, won immediate U.S. recognition...
...Patriot. In Denver, Colo., Sergeant Dudley Sargent was asked how he, spent his money, replied: "I spend the greater portion of my monthly income maintaining civilian morale." Termination. In Tacoma, Wash, poker-faced Young Democrats held a state convention, plumped for a fourth term for Franklin Roosevelt, steadfastly refused to change their own constitution limiting officers to a single term...