Word: sameness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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The Germans scouted clear across France to the Atlantic, sending off raid alarms in cities to which the war had only been headlines and absent men. Allied reconnaissance pushed far and frequently into Germany. German communiques made a point of mentioning that Nazi scouts were accompanied by Messerschmitt fighters.* Nevertheless...
"In the same restaurants, seated at secluded tables, there were other, less martial women. Women dressed for peacetime, who opened their shining eyes as large as possible, so that the tears would not gush out. . . .
Pillar halos are caused by the reflection of strong lights from the faces of thin, flat snow crystals which tend to pancake while falling-that is, to keep their reflecting surfaces horizontal so that light rising from below is reflected practically straight down. Since turbulent winds tumble tiny snow crystals...
To celebrate its second birthday, Pins and Needles rigged up virtually a new revue. Only three of the original numbers remain. The new show cannot, from the fame of the old one, provide the same kind of exciting surprise. But on its merits it is a much better show. It...
It took ten years for young Alfred to get the bit between his teeth. On his 21st birthday he inherited his mother's stable. When he was 25, he bought a sizable interest in the venerable Pimlico race track outside Baltimore (of which he later became president). The same...