Word: splendid
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Yesterday I received from General Surles in Washington a copy of the April 2 issue of TIME with its splendid covering of 'the most recent Allied airborne operation and the British and American forces which executed it. You have once more placed before the British and American public the achievements of our airborne troops, whose gallantry and fighting hearts have no superiors. In grasp of subject, in recognition of sound airborne principles, and in vividness of description, I think you have set new standards...
What the Navy has learned about the Kamikaze Corps' make-up and organization is largely negative, but it is enough to spoil some splendid tales...
Dempsey's acquaintances, of whom he has many, and his cronies, of whom he has none, agree that he is a splendid general but not a colorful man. Drowned in Monty's color, he was hardly known at all to the British public before Dday, and not much better known now. But the British, and the rest of the world, may hear a great deal about him in the near future...
...ghostly, frozen parade of the glittering imperial robes from the Ch'ing Dynasty courts, 1644 to 1911, which variously seemed to gesture in salute, prayer or mute ritualism. Also displayed were robes of Buddhist and Taoist priests, of devil dancers and court theater performers. So splendid were these vestments that the Metropolitan's Far Eastern Art Curator, Alan Priest, who directed the show, could safely write: "In design, in color, in texture, in execution and conception they are beyond anything else that human beings have ever devised to clothe themselves...
From General Dwight Eisenhower: "Reports . . . continue to tell of the splendid quality of our weapons and ammunition. . . . The enemy's battle losses have been far greater than ours. In pieces of artillery the enemy has lost eight to our one. We have knocked out twice as many tanks as we have lost...