Word: rocke
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...forces to capture Iwo. They knew what a blow its loss would be to the defense of Japan. So they packed Iwo with 10,000 to 15,000 men, with casemated heavy coastal guns, well-sited antiaircraft guns, machine-gun nests hewn out of the rock...
...Jill's formula is simple: she plays jazz records by request, gives her fan-letter writers a little glib back talk, tells gags, babbles brightly on almost any subject. Sample opening to sailors: "Hiya, fellas. This is Jill again, all set to rock the bulkheads on the old jukebox and shoot the breeze to the sons of Mother Carey...
Then the guns open up, concentrating on the crest. For five minutes they hammer and rock the earth. The general calls another break. In 15 minutes he signals again: this time he wants a slow barrage to cover his infantry crawling up the mountain. It comes in a steady drumfire...
When Rundstedt launched his counteroffensive in December, the Allies had to pay for their mistake. But, with their eyes open at last, they set out to pay a rock-bottom price. By quick and brilliant action, they stopped the German drive and shoved it back...
...same Madonna again & again, Velasco concentrated a lifetime of work on one stretch of landscape: the Valley of Mexico. He always saw something new in its pines and pepper trees, the pure, cold light, the ancient volcanoes, the cactus maguey and prickly pears, the insubstantial clouds and the hard rock. Velasco's love for the valley was not merely esthetic: it was founded on his knowledge of botany, geology, religion. He always read a Psalm before he tackled any major work; it added a touch of mysticism to his solid realism...