Word: roos
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...opinion as a native of Kokomo (rhymes with ho-ho-ho) is that a rhyming dictionary ain't a good thing to tour Indiana with. In that state, where Peru rhymes with Pee-roo, Brazil rhymes not so much with Hazel as Bray-zill...
...twilight at Dienbienphu. Narrow-eyed with loss of sleep, the French sentries peered through the monsoon haze towards the Communist trenches less than roo yards away. All was quiet, and the tired 10,000-man garrison hoped for a fair night's rest. At GHQ in Hanoi, an officer reported: "Lull at Dienbienphu...
...vague, wishful and widely held notion that the U.S. is steadily overtaking Russia's military head start. In effect, said Elder Statesman Baruch, the U.S. is complacently counting birds in the bush where it should be after birds in the hand. "Since the outbreak in Korea, more than roo billions have been appropriated for defense-an enormous sum. Why has it produced proportionately so little in the way of actual weapons...
Brooklyn (Roo) 3, St. Louis...