Word: rubbings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...perchance still more! Aye, there's the rub...
...lost 3,000 men, 30 tanks. The British said that their losses were light. They still held Beja and Medjez-el-Bab - and Arnim was frustrated until he could take those two key points. If he could capture Beja with its pretty, tile-roofed houses and its oft-bombed rub ble, the whole Allied line would have to fall back; the final Allied offensive might be set back many weeks...
...Hounds Club. Mr. A. J. Brodtmann, disbursing instructor, C. K. Richmond, W. W. Robinson, D. L. Moonie, F. J. Payton, and R. Raab made the arrangements and were responsible for its success. Singing, Rathskeller style, was led by F. Payton and later in the afternoon J. Rub and H. Platt entertained with several piano novelties. Guest of honor was Lt. Comdr. F. W. Hesser...
Then she told of a trip she had taken to the Heng-Yang Mountains to see the "Rub-the-Mirror Pavilion." There, 2,000 years ago, a young Buddhist monk had sat crossed-legged for days muttering "Amita Buddha! Amita Buddha!" The Father Prior took a brick and rubbed it against a nearby stone until the acolyte asked what he was doing...
Even before they encounter failure, Jap soldiers are anything but supermen. They are notoriously hypochondriac. They carry little oily green cakes which they rub on the skin to keep mosquitoes away. Many carry white gloves which they wear when they sleep. They carry toilet waters and perfumed powders...