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...Fifty-five-year-old Author Boyd (Drums, Roll River, Bitter Creek, etc.) died last Feb. 25, of a heart attack, at Princeton, N.J., where he was pursuing his war work. The Free Company (TIME, Feb. 24, 1941), which he founded, strove to counter the enemy's propaganda...
...life thereafter Paul strove "to fuse into one person . . . the two Pauls, Paul the Jew and Paul the Greek." He was considered a heretic by his Jewish brethren not because he believed that Jesus was the Messiah, but because he believed that He was the Son of God. And all through his life Paul never quite lost the feeling that, while he meant to reconcile the world to Jesus, he had actually "thrust a wedge between Israel and the world...
...Svoboda, the sight of his new army must have made up for the years of disappointment. To bring it into being he argued, pleaded, strove to blunt Moscow's fears and suspicions. Once the Soviet Union leaders were convinced that Svoboda's army would be no future menace, they spared neither materiel nor care...
...strove with none. I always hated strife...
...etiquette, Van Atta got another lesson in Lieut. General George Kenney's head quarters in Port Moresby. The reporter was sitting on the floor talking to Kenney when MacArthur entered. Van Atta started to get to his feet, MacArthur told him to stay put. Politely, Van Atta still strove to rise. The General hollered "Sit down," and enforced the order with a whack on the shoulder that crumpled the cor respondent to the floor...