Word: pearls
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...public and his colleagues may both awake in time. American public opinion is due for an "abrupt change some time in the near future if the present crisis continues. Changes of this type have been instituted by disasters such as those which occurred at Lexington, Fort Sumter and Pearl Harbor." The U.S. must not wait. "If the impending change in public opinion hinges upon such a disaster," Seitz warns, "it is clear that events may have advanced to a point where defeat is certain...
...crew in impeccable German. The one-man reception committee for the first German ship to visit the U.S^ since 1941 was Detlev Friedrich Achaz, Reichsgraf und Graf von der Schulenburg, 40, a newcomer to the U.S. himself. He is the first fully accredited German correspondent in the U.S. since Pearl Harbor. Reporter Schulenburg, already "Schuley" to fellow correspondents, is stationed in Washington and represents Deutsche Press Agentur, biggest news agency (500 papers) in Western Germany...
...Germany in September 1939, with a proclamation that began: "We, Salote . . ."). In the spring of 1942, U.S. troops went ashore on Tonga with orders to "take the island and destroy the enemy." The invaders were met by a group of friendly Tongans who explained that they had heard of Pearl Harbor long before, had promptly tossed all of the islands' 100-odd Japanese into jail in the capital city of Nukualofa. Later, thousands of other Allied soldiers stopped off at the Tongan Islands on their way to & from the Pacific battlefronts. During this time, Queen Salote wisely instructed...
...Gates of Pearl. "Heaven is a literal place " he said. "Christians go there the moment they die, and there will be wonderful reunions as loved ones are recognized up there . . . What a glorious place it will be-with streets of gold, the gates of pearl . . . and the trees bearing a different kind of fruit every month. Think of that-you farmers-twelve crops a year!" His detailed picture of Heaven brought 145 listeners to their feet to pledge themselves to Christ...
Three Torpedoes. Sherman was also a fighter. After Pearl Harbor, he begged for a chance at combat, got command of the Wasp, a small (14,700 tons) carrier that was already outdated by the new Essex-class flattops then abuilding. Under him the Wasp was a taut, efficient and happy ship. The flight plan he worked out for his air group became the pattern through the War for all U.S. carriers...