Word: percivale
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Curious Coincidence. History never repeats itself verbatim, but it sometimes plagiarizes itself. In 1918 Syria was owned by the Turks. The man who rolled it up for the British that fall was General Sir Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, and he threw a three-pronged spear: one prong aimed at Beirut...
The new strategy in the Mediterranean was hinged on the premise that Britain could not even dream of going on to the offense against Germany until 1942. The aim meanwhile was to use Britain's in adequate forces in as many places as possible to delay, hamper, bother and...
It would take at least several days, perhaps a fortnight, for General Sir Archibald Percival Wavell to organize a counteroffensive with the troops which passed through Alexandria from East Africa to the Egyptian Front. But meanwhile the news from scant forces holding the land front was encouraging. The British garrison...
One knows full well how difficult it is to obtain the necessaries of life, but for such birds as I have mentioned to be exposed for sale and human consumption is abominable, and I hope that this publicity will cause a stop to be put to this distressing practice. Yours...
In spite of his 26 years, Author Budd Schulberg was well equipped to tackle the job. He was raised in Hollywood where his father, B. P. (for Benjamin Percival) Schulberg, has been a top producer for 20-odd years. Since graduating from Dartmouth in 1936, he has worked off & on...