Word: regains
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Knox then read a passage from the communique: "The increased activity on the part of the Japanese indicates a major effort to regain control of the entire Solomons area. . . ." He then commented: ". . . 'indicates a major effort to regain control.' Well, that may be so. But it would appear to be only an indication, only a speculative proposition. We don't know exactly what they are planning...
After the Rennell Island action, the Tokyo radio said: "It is plain that the U.S. can never regain her sea strength." At week's end Secretary Knox said that U.S. losses had been "minor in everything . . . moderate . . . nothing significant." Apparently no battleship was lost, and probably not much in the way of cruisers or destroyers. Even the Tokyo radio changed its tune: it said that the U.S. had ten battleships, ten aircraft carriers and 20 heavy cruisers in the Solomons area, that the Japanese fleet was "numerically inferior...
...Falls, a burlesque queen's bed, a beauty salon and finally to the spies' council of war in the salon showroom, where Hope tries to conceal himself by posing as a clothes dummy on a bicycle. His mugging in this perilous situation, marked by vain efforts to regain a dropped slipper and at the same time keep the treacherous bicycle bell quiet, makes a notable addition to the library of Hope classics in hilarity...
Said Ruth, bursting with wedding plans: "He'll never be a drag on anyone. Not that one!" Other welcome home news for Al Schmid was the doctors' verdict: that after more months of hospital care he possibly might regain partial vision in his one remaining...
...southern side of the triangular front now closing about the Germans and Occupied Europe, the Axis must be driven from North Africa and the Allies must regain real control of the Mediterranean before even the first step toward Europe is completed. At best, ejecting the Axis from Tunisia will probably take two months. The job may take longer-too long for victory in 1943-if the Germans continue to reinforce their North African armies and to do as well in the fighting as they did last week, or if they suddenly move against Gibraltar...