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...take time off from strictly military duties to work out a plan with Prime Minister Curtin allowing Aussies to buy cigarets in U.S. post exchanges. Result: long lines of Diggers at PX doors three times daily, a tighter supply for U.S. troops, and bitter words. Today the situation is smoother and U.S. soldiers get a pack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy: Cigaret Mystery | 4/12/1943 | See Source »

...Smoother and sleeker than its prototype, the new Corsair is made distinctive by its inverted gull wing, which makes possible a short, light, retractable landing gear and still leaves room for the big three-bladed propeller to clear the ground on take-off runs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIR: Corsair | 3/1/1943 | See Source »

Passes & Pillboxes. Eisenhower's problem, complicated by the Axis attack, was to break through the Axis rim of defense on to the faster, smoother track of the plain. There were a number of roads through: the Ousseltia Valley, Sened, Faïd Pass. Until Rommel's determined Panzers can be rolled back, Faïd Pass was now effectually closed to the Allies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: The Rim | 2/22/1943 | See Source »

...hound you the rest of your days if you don't fly the beam. Cramming is out, but it wouldn't hurt to hit your I.Q. test hard, aiming for at least 110 out of 161, while a good mark on your mechanical quiz will pave a smoother road to the job of your choice...

Author: By Pfc. ROBERT S. sturgls, | Title: CRIMEDITOR PASSES TIPS ON TRIALS OF ARMY LIFE | 1/5/1943 | See Source »

...enough to cover an entire football field every 18 minutes. But the plated coating is not perfect. Dull grey, its porosity and corrosion resistance are not satisfactory. To complete the process it is necessary to remelt the thin skin of tin momentarily, so that it renews to make a smoother, tougher surface...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: That Tin | 12/14/1942 | See Source »

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