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...cold.' 'But it isn't very cold today.' I realized at once that I had given the wrong answer and I began to hedge. ... As he stood there stroking his beard and looking at me I heard the door slam and Herb's voice from down stairs asking where I was. ... I tried to think of a way to warn him of Father's presence . . . but my mind would not work fast enough...
...probably be the Syrian campaign. But since the Russian situation was hot (as a matter of fact, if you will look in TIME last September you will see we practically predicted the Russian-German war then), we had cover plates standing in Donnelley's plant all ready to slam on the press...
Keystone Contention. Syria, slightly smaller than Nebraska, is the keystone of the whole Middle East. Firmly established there, the Germans could: 1) complete the encirclement of Turkey; 2) march on to Iraq and its oil fields; 3) execute a super-colossal grand slam on Palestine, Trans-Jordan and the Suez Canal, which, coupled with a drive from Libya, would chase the British out of the Mediterranean Theater. As it stood, the Germans had already bypassed Cyprus...
...detailed to defend the 6,000-foot great central plateau surrounding Mexico City from a "Blue" Army supposedly advancing from Veracruz. The Red Army, which was supposed to win and was therefore given a slight edge in numbers and equipment, also outwitted the Blues. First Red move was to slam partly motorized infantry and cavalry into the only two eastward passes -over the massif formed by the famous volcano Popocatepetl and by Ixtacihuatl, "the Sleeping Woman"-through almost roadless, thoroughly inaccessible country...
Captain Donahue high - scored the Varsity meeting with 13 tallies through his hurdles' grand slam, doing the 120-yard lows in 15.3 and the 220-highs in a mediocre 24.7 seconds, and a second place in the furlong dash. In the two timber races his teammates Roger Schafer and Don MacKinnon exchanged seconds and thirds for a Crimson sweep of the events...