Word: saves
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...three years, the French have been fighting a weary, tenacious jungle war against the Communists in Indo-China. To save France's richest prewar colony (and a potentially important anti-Communist base in Southeast Asia), the French government has thrown a third of its small, painstakingly rebuilt army into the fight; so far, it has been unable to achieve anything like a decisive victory over Communist Leader Ho Chi Minh. Last week it looked as if the French chances of licking Ho had improved...
...Yankees were nervous. In the dressing room, Joe DiMaggio paced the floor. Weak and pale from an attack of virus pneumonia which had kept him out of the line-up for 14 days, he muttered: "I wish I could save the energy I'm using now." Then the Big Guy walked out to home plate to take his bow in the celebration of "Joe DiMaggio...
...brain watches the rocket. Out of the brain flow figures which show accurately where the rocket will hit. Safety Director Karsch watches these figures. If they should coincide, for instance, with the position of Albuquerque, he could cut off the fuel, change the course of the rocket, and save that unsuspecting city...
Mornings at 7. Young Henry gets up at 6 a.m. every morning. To save time, he shaves with an electric razor at the breakfast table, manages to read the paper at the same time. He is at his Des Moines office by 7, frequently returns to it at night. "No use of my going to a movie," he explains, "because I just think about the work...
...rate don't waste any tears on the team up at Andover this afternoon-save them for the Stadium...