Word: ramrodded
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Poker-faced and ramrod-stiff in his military grey, the first of the generals faced the court at Nürnberg last week. In Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel's defense, there was none of Hermann Göring's brilliant, bravura justification of Naziism. Like sweating, terrified Ribbentrop, who testified before him-but in a very different manner-the once proud Wehrmacht chief hid behind his Führer's back...
...ramrod-stiff soldier-Lieut. General John C. H. ("Courthouse") Lee -it was a rank case of insubordination. Last week, to show the Rome Stars and Stripes who was boss, he up & fired its publications officer, 35-year-old Major Hal Kestler. No Army regular but a country editor who had worked up from buck private, Major Kestler had talked back when the General called for censorship on the paper's. "Mail Call" column. And he had put his foot right in it by going over Lee's head to protest to Washington...
...Grey, ramrod-backed Major General Patrick Jay Hurley came back to Washington last week, presumably to resign as the U.S. Ambassador to China. The handsome, 62-year-old Oklahoman refused to confirm reports that President Truman would soon release him from his war job. But it was obvious that Pat Hurley's mission was ended...
After his tumultuous European receptions (see above), "Ike" Eisenhower invited correspondents in for a chat. For nearly an hour he stood, ramrod straight, answering all questions. Like a coach holding a post-mortem on a football game, he explained some plays, straightened out some disputed points...
Their garrison commander, Captain Lut, ramrod-stiff and shaven-pated U-boat skipper, boasted openly of his high score-110,000 tons of Allied shipping-and usually added: "The next time I will do better...