Word: tails
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...weapon turned out to be just about what British military and Government leaders had predicted months before-a self-propelled "robot bomb." It has stubby wings (16 ft. across) and tiny tail surface; its only pilot is a gyrocompass control box, intended to keep it on a steady course...
Before the Russians opened their Finnish drive (see WORLD BATTLEFRONTS), British wags joked that the Second Front was calling for the first front. A London cartoonist portrayed a capitalist in striped trousers and tail coat, scrawling a sign on a factory wall. The sign: "Open a front in the East at once...
...long last the rains came, just in time to wash out the tail end of a tied-up ball game between Harvard and Camp Edwards Saturday. The score of the game, which was played at Falmouth, was knotted at five-all at the end of the 11th inning when rain and darkness conspired to bring the proceedings to a halt...
Just Nuisance was a Great Dane that lived in South Africa. While a puppy, his tail was injured. The bandage slipped, the wagging tail spattered blood on his friends. That's how he got his name. He was officially rated an able seaman in the Royal Navy. In the records the rangy, tawny dog's religion was given as "scrounger," his character as "very good," his efficiency "moderate." He liked beer...
...number of neuropsychiatric casualties multiplied, although only a small percentage of the total air personnel was disabled. The Air Force medicos learned that enlisted men are less susceptible than officers -because officers, on the whole, have livelier imaginations. A high incidence of mental disturbance might have been expected among tail gunners, for at that time enemy fighters habitually attacked bomber formations from the rear, and tailgunner casualties were high. But tail gunners generally were sound, cheerful and proud: the position carried prestige and there was competition...