Word: portions
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Admiral Nimitz' press conference at Pearl Harbor clacked monotonously on one of the Associated Press's San Francisco teletypes. Suddenly a side item from Pearl Harbor set another teletype going. Bureau Manager Harold Turnblad whistled in surprise as he read: "Powerful Allied naval forces have attacked a portion of the Japanese fleet lying at anchor near the entrance to Fusan Harbor on the southeast coast of Korea . . . 26 of approximately 80 ships . . . were set afire . . . more than 70 Japanese vessels, including warships and transports, were . . . sunk...
...imagination skimming about the North Atlantic, Bob Reynolds had another brain wave: "And if possible, we should make some agreement of a friendly nature to get a portion of ... Greenland and Iceland...
...Dutch and one to the French. All of them owe money to the United States and we might respectfully request of them that they let us have such coastal areas as we may want for our protection and for the protection of our brothers in the southern portion of this hemisphere...
Oleander and Hyacinth. As the invasion entered its second week the Seventh was beyond such tactical baubles; it was swooping out northwest and northeast at top speed. Already it had secured for its supply establishments a good portion of the Riviera land of pink oleander, grassy seaside terraces, garden walls, pastel villas, lush shrubbery, handsome estates, hyacinths, white beaches and mountain roads that hang like cornices over the cliffs and sea. Already Allied fighter planes were fly ing from southern France...
Today will see Company C meeting Adams House and Company E playing Lowell. On Monday, Companies C and A will clash while the Bellboys will meet Company C in the other portion of the daily twin bill. Chief Dunlap says all games are to start at 3:45 o'clock and postponements will be played on Wednesdays. Team Won Lost Pct. Company C 6 1 .857 Company E 5 2 .714 Company D 5 3 .625 Company A 4 3 .573 NROTC 3 4 .428 Adams House 3 4 .428 Lowell House 2 6 .250 Company...