Word: shoulder
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Bahnstrasse, on the edge of Berlin's U.S. sector, is a small restaurant named Rodestock's. One evening last week, while a score of Germans sat around drinking Rodestock's watery beer, three smartly dressed U.S. paratroopers, white gloves folded under their shoulder straps, strode in and sat down. But only for a moment. Suddenly they were on their feet, with guns drawn. Rodestock's terrified patrons backed against the wall. Swiftly the soldiers frisked them, gathered up watches, cheap jewelry and a few thousand marks. They emptied the cash register and locked Rodestock...
...Douglas MacArthur's show from beginning to end. At precisely 9:08 MacArthur stepped forward, removed a handful of fountain pens from his pocket. He started his signature, then handed the first pen to the gaunt soldier standing by his left shoulder. General Jonathan Wainwright saluted stiffly, accepted the pen, and stepped back. The next one went to Lieut. General Arthur E. Percival of Singapore...
Today, concludes Author Sayre, "if you see a fellow wearing a green shoulder patch with a red scimitar and a white star in it, you had better buy him a drink. He did well...
Wearing a bouffant off-shoulder gown of pink net, pink gloves trimmed with silver, and a silver-and-rhinestone butterfly, Betty Tyson received more than 600 guests, including Navy Secretary and Mrs. James Forrestal, Lieut. Commander and Mrs. Douglas Fairbanks Jr.. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jim Farley and daughter...
GORDON FLINT Los Angeles tj Simple. The bazooka-like blast blows over his shoulder...