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...moment for which the First Army had waited and trained and fought throughout the winter, the climax toward which the Tunisian campaign had been growing for months and which the enemy had tried to stave off with counter-attacks - the most recent of which, only two nights before, had cost him 33 tanks when his armor plunged headlong into British gun positions. It was a moment carefully chosen: the Eighth Army had taken Takrouna and was diverting Axis strength to the southwest; since before dawn other British units of the First Army had been attacking just to the south; before...
...Varsity, when it swept over the line a little more than a third of a length ahead of the Engineers, kept a two year string of victories intact. Bert Haines's first eight had the power in reserve to stave off a Tech sprint and pick up some water in the last three-quarters of a mile. Tech began its sprint shortly before it reached the Mass. Avenue bridge, and as the two crews swept under the structure the Engineers had crept to within a deck length of the Crimson...
...Make no mistake," said Waite, "they will not fail to use gas when their need is great enough." He added, however, that America is ready for such attack and already has sufficient anti-gas equipment to stave off any but the most ferocious gas offenses which the Axis could muster...
...years ago this week every bank in the nation closed its doors. Reason: an executive order from newly inaugurated President Roosevelt to stave off complete financial collapse...
Lowell held a 10 to 9 margin at the end of the first half but couldn't stave off a strong Adams comeback. Herb Cohen starred for the victorious Gold Coasters while Sam Hall was outstanding for the Bellboys...