Word: poses
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...before. Shucks, that was a cinch, thought Vag. "Thank you very much for your contribution," said the nurse as he walked out. "Don't mention it," he replied benignly. Just as he got to the door, however, he could not resist the temptation. He turned, struck a pose, and declared to the world at large, "My only regret is that I have but one pint to give to my country...
...news cameraman recently approached General Stilwell in Burma, asked him to pose. General Stilwell pointed to some Chinese troops, said: "Take a picture of the Chinese; don't take me. The Chinese are the big story of this...
...dreary, ever-pressing shortages of strategic materials pose one of the most troublesome problems of the U.S. air arm: the need of spacious, speedy transport units to move personnel and equipment to combat areas. Last week Curtiss-Wright Corp. had a new answer on the drawing board: a mammoth transport plane, perhaps the world's largest of its type, made mainly of plywood and plastics...
...grief-stricken wife who has just killed her husband and are weeping buckets, hold that pose & hurry over to the Hillman Publications who will...
...autumn afternoon Columbus' crews saw the last of the Canary Islands disappear. "By nightfall . . . the three ships had an uncharted ocean to themselves." How did Columbus know where he was on that sea? "The Admiral liked to pose as an expert in celestial navigation. . . . Yet the testimony of his own journals proves that the simple method of finding latitude from a meridional observation of the sun . . . was unknown to Columbus." He was unable to use the newly invented astrolabe, and probably had none aboard. The common quadrant was his only instrument of celestial navigation. Mostly he sailed by dead...