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...most unsavory pottage of all, as Chang soon found. For ten years he was a puppet in a conquered land. It was a mess he could not spit out, a mess from which he could not flee. The people of Free China would never again trust Chang. There was only one way out. Finally he took...
From these brief maxims young Washington was clearly a fussy eater. "Spit [not] forth the Stones of any fruit Pye," he warned. "Cleanse not your Teeth with the Table Cloth." Washington also barred spitting during meals ("except there's a Necessity for it") and getting rid of edibles by throwing them under the table...
...Marines had killed five times as many men as they had lost. This they had done in three battles and many minor patrols. The first took place to the east of the beach head when a whole battalion of Japs tried to force the Tenaru River across a narrow spit (TIME, Sept. 28). Machine guns and tanks caught them, and 670 bodies were found in the jungle and on the sand. Later 120 more bodies washed in from the sea. The second battle came in mid-September, when the Japs tried to force Lunga Ridge to the South, nearly succeeded...
Officialdom had done its best. On Ickes' plea and advice to learn to spit straight, Federal agencies donated spittoon mats; the Senate threw in 500, the House, 1,200. Others had done yeoman work: national committees tried new ballyhoo; uniformed Boy Scouts stood long hours at service stations begging motorists to give up rubber mats from rear compartments; the American Legion staged drives; women's clubs formed telephone brigades; appeals were made to crowds at ball games. But all this was far from enough. Too many Americans had not bothered to rummage their houses for rubber...
When British planes arrive over Greece to bomb Nazi submarine bases, there are still hundreds of Greeks who go to the rooftops. There they cheer and sing-and spit down at the despised Italian carabinieri who shoot up at them. On March 25, Greek Independence Day, the tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens was piled high with flowers during the night...