Word: sped
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Beyond Rome the three main highways leading north were clogged with German motor equipment. Alexander's tactical air force tore savagely into them with guns and bombs. In the hills and fields, German foot soldiers backed northward, fighting stubbornly while the main bodies sped away from trouble. Allied units pressed closely. At one point they lost contact entirely with the retreating enemy, closed up fast to regain...
When World War II ended, the Count sped back to France. But his demoniacal visitations had given Solange "convulsions that racked her . . . with euphoric climaxes." "He is coming!" she cried. "Wait just one last moment before nailing me down!" Meanwhile the Count's heart "contracted at the sight of the young cork [trees] that had grown during his absence." Though Solange had died, the Count knew that the pulse of France was beating as strongly as ever-"the truffles truffled . . . the snail slavered, the manure manured, the cemetery rotted, the preserves preserved, the rabbit's blood dripped...
...started up again, streaked through the streets of Herakleion, its two divisional commander's pennants fluttering arrogantly. Past 22 military control posts-guards frozen in salute-sped the limousine, with the helpless divisional commander...
...Czech and Slovak the word sped across the Carpathians to clandestine radio sets: The fraternal and allied Red Army stands on [your] borders. . . . Welcome your Russian brethren! . . . Arise and fight! . . . Unleash a national guerrilla...
Sixty thousand men & women labored through a cold winter's day in Britain last week. Seven thousand R.A.F. men listened to briefings. Then from airdromes all over England, 1,000 monster Lan-casters and Halifaxes sped for Berlin in their first big mission in 15 days...