Word: railing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Then something happened. The second engine began to plow up track and ties. A broken rail speared through the third engine. Like a wounded giant it veered crazily, then rolled down 75 feet of embankment, jerked five of the train's 17 cars with...
...produce (OPA granted special ceilings), consumers gladly paid the difference. When the differential was greater, sales resistance developed. But the airborne foods often sold anyway. Examples: airborne grapes sold for 44? a lb. v. 27? for groundshipped. One surprising drawback: "experienced" shoppers, used to the appearance of days-old, rail-shipped products, often refused to buy fresh airborne lettuce because it looked "too green...
From the notoriously tipsy rail of the Hasty Pudding Bar to an equally tipsy railing of an American destroyer in the British Channel wasn't too far for one candidate for that venerable Institution. Called to his ensign's berth while still a nominee, he was elected by the lads he left behind him soon after his departure. His proud parents cabled a joyful if cryptic note: "Hasty Pudding. Congratulations...
...Harbin. There was other good news from Manchuria for Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's Government. The Nationalist Army organ Ho Ping Pao reported that the Russians had granted permission for Chiang's forces to occupy I) Changchun, Manchuria's capital, 2) Harbin, Northern Manchuria's rail hub, and 3) Dairen, Manchuria's most important harbor, where the Russians have trade rights. With these three cities, plus the Mukden arsenal and metropolis, the National Government would hold the keys to Manchuria's transport and industry...
...tense fascination. Göring reddened when the film was three-quarters through, gazed fixedly at his lap until the film was over. Keitel mopped his brow and covered his eyes. Alfred Rosenberg, the philosopher, looked away frequently, nervously picked with his nails at splinters in the guard rail before him. Ribbentrop remained calm, shook his head in disbelief. Hans Frank, ex-Governor General of Poland, wept...