Word: soils
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...must extend the Monroe Doctrine. . . . Let us in friendship and with generosity and equity of consideration endeavor to procure a cession ... to ourselves or to our South American neighbors . . . [of] every foot of American soil now flying the flags of nations across the seas ... to the end that America shall be wholly American . . . and wholly secure...
Translating his early love for the soil into a farm in Vermont, he provided his family of six with a home and himself with a couple of new hobbies to go along with his music. Professor Friedrich is an accomplished cellist...
...parching heat of the Ukrainian summer neared its end, and the air was laden with the promise of rain. Soon downpours would convert the fat, black soil into paste...
...aircraft for diversionary attacks which the U.S. and Britain could supply. The effects of their joint offensive have already been felt on every battlefield in Europe. If they can overcome the German defenses, their campaign may decide the war before an Allied soldier has set foot on western European soil...
...precision raids-became possible with the organization in Britain of the U.S. Eighth Air Force. The Eighth's Bomber Command, its backbone and most potent unit, was born on a grey day in February 1942 when Brigadier General Ira Clarence Eaker stepped from a transatlantic Clipper onto British soil. Eaker had with him a handful of aides, a paper commission and a plan. The plan foresaw the day when the Eighth, with Britain's R.A.F., would be able to overwhelm Ger man defenses and hollow out the German war effort from within...