Word: shedding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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G.I.s and Tommies bore out the Field Marshal's story. German girls in brief shorts and halters systematically sunned themselves in full view of U.S. engineers building a bridge over the Weser River. Sometimes the girls shed the halters...
...Duke & Duchess of Windsor dropped in on the Salvation Army in Manhattan-he in a brown and tan get-up with a black derby, she in a grey suit, matching beanie, sable scarf, pearl necklace, diamond clip, aquamarine-&-sapphire earrings. When the Duke shed his topcoat, a nosey bystander noted that it was a hand-me-down from the '30s, with a label inside the collar which read: "Prince of Wales...
...While the scholars gasped, Miss Dunham shed her jacket and skirt and stood revealed in her rehearsal costume. . . . She did a short tribal war dance. 'I want to go where they dance like that. I want to find out why, how it started, and what influence it had on the people.' Obviously impressed, the chairman . . . leaned forward, and, without taking a vote, asked, 'How about the West Indies...
Captain Julius D. Dusenberry's company left all armor and supply vehicles behind, shed most of its personal equipment and set out through the muck. Ascending a narrow ravine they labored 2,000 yards to the shattered walls of the castle, sliding and cursing. Only a few snipers were left to oppose them, and the marines drove into the vital heart of the Japanese Shuri line. Said Major General Pedro A. del Valle, 1st Marine Division commander: "The most astonishing thing is how the hell they got there...
...comparable light had been shed on their administrative plans by either the Russians or the British. There were some signs that London thought the U.S. was attempting too much. Winston Churchill strengthened this impression last week when he told the House of Commons : "It is our aim that the Germans should administer their country in obedience to Allied directions; we have no intention of undertaking the burden of administering Germany ourselves." Popular nominees for Eisenhower's British opposite number: Field Marshal Montgomery, with whom Churchill conferred last week, and Field Marshal Alexander, who was amply occupied in Yugoslavia...