Word: supping
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...bridge head; 3) to drive southwest across the base of the Cotentin Peninsula, severing it from the rest of Nazi-held France; 4) to swing north and take (from the rear) the great port of Cherbourg. In the first week, everything depended on the Allies' ability to land enough sup plies on the obstacle-strewn beaches to sustain their forces until Cherbourg could be taken. Thereafter, Cherbourg would be the port of entry. It was a foregone conclusion that the Nazis' demolitions would wreck the tide gates of Cherbourg's commercial basin; they might have some temporary success in blocking...
...There was the old story of too little and too late at Anzio, with the result that, although the landing was a surprise, which is always possible through naval support, the troops, instead of moving or being able to move to cut the Via Casilina, the sup ply line of the German forces at Cassino began consolidation of the beachhead, where they are besieged...
...Parsley. Said the new Soviet Ambassador: The people of the Soviet Union feel "friendship and deep respect" for the U.S. people, are grateful for "receiving from the friendly American people not only moral, but substantial material sup port. . . ." The U.S.-British campaigns in North Africa and Sicily were "remarkable successes...
...this impasse, some insurance thinkers have been looking for a new, constructive answer. One idea that is causing conservatives to harrumph in the insurance board rooms: that an investment pool for new or expanding industries be formed, with insurance companies sup plying the "senior" capital. Effect: a kind of privately owned RFC. Likelihood: little; the insurance business as a whole is doing too well as it is to be receptive to radical new tinkerings...
Ulcer and Pseudo-Ulcer. Pseudo-ulcer is a fairly common condition. Many sup posed symptoms of stomach ulcer merely indicate an overly irritable digestive tract (which in many patients may be thrown out of kilter just by a drink of cold water...