Word: recruited
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...falter in hatred of the Italians who had cruelly dispersed his people and turned their holy city of Girabub into a fort. Over cups of China tea flavored with mint (Senussi Moslems may not touch alcohol or coffee), His Eminence entertained intriguing envoys from remote Saharan oases, helped recruit Senussi scouts and guerrillas for World War II's Battles of Libya, talked over with his British backers prospects of his return to Girabub...
...common sense is due the credit for this happy state of affairs. When, solely on his own initiative, General de Gaulle visited Normandy in June, he left behind François Coulet as Regional Commissioner and Colonel Pierre de Chévigné as military representative with instructions to recruit and train a French fighting force in Normandy. Upon his return to England, De Gaulle called on General Eisenhower and casually told him what had been done...
...higher education received an unusual recruit last week. "Sunny" Ainsworth, 20, thrice-married seventh wife of Playboy Thomas ("Tommy") Franklyn Manville Jr., breezed across the University of Chicago's sweltering campus to take her three-hour aptitude test, first hurdle on her way to matriculation. Sunny was as refreshing as a breath from the Pump Room...
...exodus from Washington has become so apparent that WPB Boss Don Nelson has quietly started a drive to recruit new men from industry. But Charlie Wilson is a real bellwether. As long as he stays, many another WPBster will remain. When he goes, the rush will...
...Boston Red Sox; the major-league bidding for Dick Callahan, 19, prep-school pitcher-of-the-year in New Orleans. The winning bid: a $350-a-month contract plus a $15,000 bonus, biggest ever paid a prep-school recruit. Southpaw Callahan wears a brace on his left leg, the result of a fracture suffered in a game five years ago. The Navy gave him a medical discharge after seven months. For New Orleans' Holy Cross this season, he pitched 26 consecutive hitless innings, 86 strikeouts...