Word: sumatra
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...dinner party on the terrace of the Star and Garter is in the grand romantic manner. But the play's best view is Katharine Cornell herself, once described by Shaw as "a gorgeous dark lady from the cradle of the human race -wherever that was-Ceylon, Sumatra, Hilo, or the southernmost corner of the Garden of Eden!" Here she wears costumes (by the English house of Motley) inspired by the paintings of the late Giovanni Boldini (1842-1931), the "Master of Swish" whose society portraits had an even glossier Edwardian swank than those of John Singer Sargent. Simply...
...London, the Supply Ministry got a check for ?46/15/6 ($188.85) from the citizens of Simeloengoen, Sumatra, for "a bomb to be dropped fairly and squarely upon some objective in Germany...
...shores of Tripoli." The Marine Corps is essentially a soldier outfit, but it is part of the Navy. That fact explains both the length and the breadth of its service. Since 1775 the Corps has served from Sumatra (against pirates in 1832) to Ethiopia (1903); from the Falkland Is-the Dominican Republic and Haiti, "intervened" again & again in Nicaragua. In World War I Marines fired the first...
...Philippines and The Netherlands Indies, was also partially blanketed-by the three-way pact. The pact was largely directed at the U. S., and in Washington it was believed that an extension of the U. S. embargo to cover oil would mean an immediate Japanese move on Borneo, Sumatra and Java...
...attack on Borneo were successful, the Japanese would hope to be well supplied with fuel for the major drive-on Java, then on Sumatra, and finally, from both north and south, on Singapore. Netherlands Sumatra and Java would be the first really tough nuts to crack. The naval and air base at Surabaya is sheltered by Madura Island, and both approaches are mined. The Netherlands East Indies Squadron consists of close to 100 surface craft, and although the waters are so clear that submarines might as well be in fishbowls except at night, there are over 18 modern submarines based...