Word: shake
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Significant Separation. In British, Indian, U.S. and Chinese eyes, the most significant thing in the Indian shake-up was the separate East Asia command for operations against Japan. Neither General Wavell nor General Auchinleck would head that command. Sir Archibald, who chased and was chased in North African desert warfare, fared poorly in the last Burmese jungle campaign (TIME, May 31). A new great Allied offensive to reopen the Burma Road to China might be launched in the fall, and its commander might be Chinese-speaking U.S. Lieut. General Joseph W. Stilwell. But as Viceroy, Wavell would also play...
...record of 1942 did not shake Sir Arthur's faith in bombing. In his opinion and that of all like-minded airmen, it actually supplied the proof that bombing could be decisive. If so, it also supplied ample evidence that bombing is not "the easy way." It is a tough, slow way, easy only by comparison with a vast campaign by land and naval forces...
...recent convert to baseball, Four-Striper McClure is now a rabid fan. When Seaman Rizzuto made a home run in a recent game with the Washington Senators, the Certain sprang off the players' bench, rushed out to shake his hand as he crossed the plate. During another game, when fly-chasing Di Maggio backed into a deep gully on the edge of the field, Captain McClure jumped into his private jeep, scooted across the field to see if he was hurt. The Captain is constantly tacking notices on the clubhouse bulletin board. The morning of a game with...
...American Airways may have a big shake-up of its personnel in charge of snakecharming. Pan Am had hired one Akbar Shuja, a citizen of Northern India, for duty at the tea planter's bungalow which serves as barracks for Pan Am pilots there. His job: to lure hooded cobras out of the bungalow's thatched roof. Last week Pan Am began to suspect that Akbar is a slick character; specifically, that he puts the snakes back when the pilots are away, pipes them forth each evening when the pilots return. If Akbar is fired, Pan Am operating...
...relations were prolonged again & again & again. Each time editors harrumphed: this is it. Each time one side or the other had managed to think of one more démarche, one more protocol, one more possible avenue of negotiation. Even the cutting off of food supplies had failed to shake Admiral Robert. For 35 months he had forced the U.S. to keep vigilant patrol over his domain. The 105 U.S. planes which had failed to reach France in 1940 had long since rusted into disuse; the aircraft carrier Béarn, the cruiser Emile Berlin and 140,000 tons...