Word: pouring
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...pilot, the increased rate of fire is of crucial importance. During the war, German pilots found that the very speed of their jet planes in effect reduced their firepower, since there was much less time to pour bursts into an enemy plane. This partly offset the jet's advantage over conventional fighters...
...accuse the Hitler system," cried Sachsenhausen's Dr. Heinz Baumkoetter. (He used to pour burning phosphorus on his patients, so that afterwards he could test the efficacy of burn salves.) "I accuse the system which made me-a harmless man by nature-into a criminal against humanity." Only dandified, cadaverous Willy Shubert, who had once earned a medal and a holiday in Italy for helping to kill 18,000 Russians in three months, refused to grovel. "I killed men on orders," he boasted, "and I killed men without orders." Sachsenhausen's commander in chief, pig-eyed, bulletheaded Anton...
Only two players (Halfback "Bump" Elliott and Fullback Jack Weisenburger) play on both. Thus, in effect, Crisler's first team consists of 20 men. Whenever Michigan's defensive team regains the ball, Crisler orders: "Offense unit, up and out," and nine men pour onto the field at once...
...cornered a group of young Christian Democrats. One Catholic youth of 22 was kicked, beaten and knifed to death (see cut). Daily through Rome's streets roared big trucks bringing thousands from the city's slums to Communist rallies-not to fill their empty bellies but to pour down their throats such a gospel of hate as only empty stomachs could digest...
Thrones & Altars. The fury, now apparently spent, might be renewed to pour in fresh evidence against Kali. Of the 562 princely states, danger lay in three which stood apart from both India and Pakistan. One was little Junagadh, whose dog-loving Moslem Nawab* has announced for Pakistan against the wishes of most of his subjects, who are 80% Hindu. One was Kashmir, most of whose people are Moslem, but opposed to Jinnah's Moslem League. The third was fabulous Hyderabad, whose Nizam had a good chance of maintaining his state's independence. India's Deputy Prime Minister...