Word: sheltering
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...lengthy duty on submarines. The U-boat's captain had been killed, so the executive officer had become their commander. He marched first in line on their daily turns around the quarterdeck. Whatever the leader did, the rest did. When they halted in the lee of a gun shelter to light cigarets, he got the first match. Yesterday he had been sullen and silent. Today he spoke English...
...almost completely from public notice. (It was created primarily for the purpose of handling German reparations under the now-moribund Young Plan.) Periodically the B.I.S. is accused, in the House of Commons, the U.S. Congress and else where of being: 1 ) a clearing house of international espionage; 2) a shelter of international finance; 3) an instrument of possible appeasement...
...Japs apparently had a relatively small force on Attu, they had a strong position. Only 35 miles long and 20 miles wide, Attu is fiercely rugged. Its swampy beaches offer no natural cover, few places for landings. The Japs would have to be blasted from every rock and shelter...
...Tunis, Mr. Dunbar got word that he was on their hostage list. He gathered some convert Jews and other trusted friends, held a last secret religious service. Then he went into hiding. The Italians and Nazis were hot after him, and eight times he was forced to seek new shelter. Once he shivered: General von Arnim set up headquarters in the next villa; one night, when he slipped back to the old rectory to fetch some medicine, the Nazis moved into his refuge, and he escaped capture only because friends tipped...
...Blacks are living happily ever after, the poor D.O. struggles along with effective dates, TPA's, and food, shelter, and clothing allowances for the lucky couple...