Word: shapely
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...soldier's deep yearning for home is beginning to be tinged with a sense that in order to stay home, once he gets there, Europe must be left in better shape than he found it. Just how to achieve it bothers him intensely. Somehow, the more articulate ones feel, a way must be found to allow Europeans to choose their own political systems and yet to hold them in check so that the strong do not again oppress the weak...
Reports are just trickling into the files on last week's activities abroad in Greater Boston, but only a few have taken shape enough for publication. The adventures of Bob Weekes' party, rumored to have included even Lt. Towne, are some of the more interesting off-shoots from the Parker House dance. The spirit here almost matched that displayed by Jim Rafferty, collecting tickets and doing a Frankie Sinatra at the same time...
...Omar Bradley had resumed command of his northern armies (relinquished to Field Marshal Montgomery after the German breakthrough), and there was another hint in the fact that Bradley last week pinned a decoration on Lieut. General Courtney Hodges, the First Army's commander. But Bradley was in no shape to resume his November offensive on the Roer. The western front was once more a battle for time-on both sides. Supreme Commander Eisenhower had to rebuild his offensive platforms as quickly as possible. The Germans had to continue delaying him as long as possible, while they dealt, as best...
...discussing the topic, "The Power of the Press for Good and Evil," Robertson told the gathering: "The power of the press is a pretty significant power at this particular time, and it can shape our lives to a large extent. I'm afraid that the press is going to use that power as it has in the past to misinform the people on vital issues...
...enemy columns on the roads. It was good hunting, though probably too late to inflict more than superficial wounds. Even when the Yanks cut the main highway between Houffalize and Saint-Vith, the Germans still had a net of secondary roads to move on. Rundstedt seemed in good shape to hold a more easterly defense line, or to go all the way back to the concrete fastnesses of the Westwall...