Word: standing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Dusty Plain. Israel's fighting men were desperately trying to reopen the lifeline road. Last week they attacked near Latrun, where commanding hills suddenly rise from the rocky plain. Near by is the Ajalon Valley, where Joshua commanded the sun to stand still until the Israelites "had avenged themselves upon their enemies." Last week the moon was not so obliging. Haganah fighters, who are used to night battles, had attacked in its light. But heavy Arab fire stopped them. The morning sun found Jews still in the dusty plain, firing from the cover of rocks...
...experimental uniforms, of which 150 have been tested, work on the "vapor barrier principle." A netlike string vest is worn next to the skin. Over it are parkas of mohair and rubberized nylon, with drawstrings to regulate the air flow. Thus clad, white men can stand a wind chill of 1,400 as well as an Eskimo...
...ever happened to George." She has an easy grace and charm; her husband is reserved: his enemies call him haughty. In a recent 4,000-mile campaign swing through the Lakehead and northern Ontario Mrs. Drew made scores of speeches on the same platform with the Premier. "I just stand up and chat," says Fiorenza. "I don't get into the issues of the election. I let George do that." She was a big success. Said one of her listeners: "A lot of people, if they had their choice between George and Fiorenza, would pick Fiorenza...
...said the Journal of Medicine, might well be the president of a local geriatric society "shooting for a record . . . What is his conception of his place in society, of his duty to his patients? Who is he to deny the old man the pleasure of passing the reviewing stand . . . saluting the colors, and, if God is good, falling dead at the long anticipated climax of his life? Who is any man to presume to prolong life at the expense of the sacrifice of every bit of its romance, bite, and color...
...ordered a tailor-made suit from Manhattan's Richard Bennett Associates, Inc. this week got a surprise. He picked out his material and style in the usual way, but the clerk took no measurements. Instead, he led the customer into a room full of mirrors, had him stand near the center. There was a bright flash and his picture was taken. Then a harness of tape measures was draped about his chest and another picture taken. Said the clerk: "That's all. We'll mail you your suit in about a month." There was no fitting...