Word: rodes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Above the snapping signal flags in the swirling tank battles in Libya hovered the ghostly tradition of Allenby, Jeb Stuart and all the great cavalrymen back to Genghis Khan. But in the clanking, barking tanks rode the spirits of the hard-eyed, dusty men of the U.S. Armored Force. For most of the tanks carrying the British regimental crests out into battle were U.S.-made...
...blacked-out London the pinch of milkless, eggless, fruitless days began to twist morals out of shape. While public morale rode high, by last week many a Londoner had relaxed his usually rigid code of personal honor sufficiently to treat Government war restrictions in much the same way that the mass of U.S. citizens treated Prohibition. It looked as though game-loving Britons were inclined to think that outwitting the Government was a sporting proposition...
Pike Bike. In Colorado Springs, George Butler satisfied an urge: he pushed a bicycle 14,109 feet up Pike's Peak, rode it down...
...First Lady rode with the Duchess from her office (she is an Assistant Director of Civilian Defense) to the White House. But the hostess did not stay for lunch. After a brief chat, she flew off to lecture in Chicago. Wrote Eleanor Roosevelt in her column next day, in her best well-bred manner: "The Duchess seemed interested in our defense setup...
Last week General Tojo heard that parts of Tokyo were threatened with a fish shortage. To the fish market he rode. He fingered two suspicious specimens and inquired: "Are these still edible?" Then the Premier asked the fishmongers the real reason for the shortage. Lack of oil for Japan's motor-powered fishing boats, he was told. "Oil!" exclaimed General Tojo. "Why not get up earlier and work harder...