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...sniffed the gas, all right, and he heard people around him yelling, "Gas, gas," but, unfortunately for him, there was no officer to shout, "By the numbers, gas 1, 2, 3". The Eli was imbued with a strong sense of discipline, and he couldn't see putting on his mask without a formal command. So with a whispered prayer to God, to country, and to Yale he continued to stick it out, like the proverbial lad who stood on the burning dack whence all but he had fled...
...employ two systems. First, wait till the sun comes out, then pull forth the bayonet and shake it over the head so the Italians can see the gleams. Then put the bayonet on the rifle. Second, gather shoulders-to-shoulders, take a deep breath and together shout: 'Aera! Aera!' " Aera means "wind...
...biggest shout went up when a pilot ripped across the field in next year's airplane, an XP-46, leaner and trimmer than its blood brothers. Still experimental, the XP-46 is Curtiss-Wright's bid for speeds above 400 miles an hour. Secret in design, it is reputedly chalking up fast performances with an old Allison...
...trouble started in the "pot room" (final stage of aluminum reduction). Irked by the sweltering heat and the inaction of the company and the National Catholic Syndicate of Aluminum Workers on requested wage increases, 300 huskies quit work and set up a shout for "a dollar an hour." They tossed out protesting "front-office" workers, told company police to go chase themselves. In violation of Canada's labor-conciliation law they staged a sit-down in the pot room, thereby capturing a plant surrounded by anti-aircraft batteries, as carefully guarded against outside attack as any in North America...
...Shout the loud hurrah...