Word: prowl
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...when they put into Lorient and Brest for rest, repairs and refueling. Some Allied sources say that constant air raids, by smashing more poorly protected surface shops and power stations, have lowered the efficiency of Lorient and Brest as much as 75%, but the U-boats in packs still prowl forth into the Atlantic...
...There Be Light. Dr. Fifield's predecessor, a man of 73, used to prowl through the empty church, turning off the electric lights, in a pathetic attempt at economy. Dr. Fifield turned all the lights on again. In almost no time the First Congregational blazed brighter than the San Francisco Fair, had almost as many exhibits...
...Donald Mason repeated the performance: a neat straddle on a surfaced sub that blew it to bits. Last week he got a Silver Star, equivalent of another D.F.C. He also made the biggest leap in a Navy man's career. He was commissioned an ensign, went out to prowl for more subs, more promotion...
Ghouls and Beggars. Hunger has fostered a new profession. When the Athens powerhouse shuts down at nightfall to save fuel, grave robbers prowl the dark cemeteries, stripping the dead of the clothes they no longer need. It has been a bitter winter in Greece, and there is no fuel. Some of the lucky ghouls find rings and necklaces on the corpses. With jewelry they can sometimes buy a mouthful of bread from Italian soldiers...
...subs were on the prowl as well as those of the enemy. Tokyo's radio announced last week that 20 of them had "encircled" Japan. Admiral Thomas Charles Hart, Commander of the Asiatic Fleet, had warned that reports on their activities would be slim for a long time to come. But by week's end, he had progress to report: his subs had sunk two Japanese transports and probably a destroyer...