Word: taine
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Whizz! Whirr! With humming tires and throbbing motor there sped down a deserted road near Epernay the great Marshal Pétain-who once held Verdun against Germany's Crown Prince...
...French chauffeur could be found who would knowingly refuse right of way to the Marshal of France Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain...
...without becoming aware of each other. Fortunately the Marshal's chauffeur is a talented swerver. He broke the force of the whizz-smash by a cool, adroit skid-swerve. When the man at the wheel turned around with blanched face to explain, he received from Marshal Pétain a little nod and a typical, paternal phrase of encouragement, "Bien fait, mon fils." ("Well done...
...must they wait like spayed mares in the rain, While Carolina and Connecticut Fight an old quarrel out before a ghost? . . . And from the mountains, came reluctant stragglers wondering just who their enemies were: "Dunno's I rightly know just who they air," He admitted finally, "But 'tain't the British. It's some trash-lot of furriners, that's shore. They call 'em Yankees near as I can make it. ..." but he was content that his neighbors, of long standing feud, were with the enemy Yanks. And there were others, non-fighters...
...tumor is soft, grows rapidly and often ulcerates; and 4) colloid, in which the cancerous structure becomes gelatinous. The last three are also called carcinoma. There are no positive ways of curing cancer after it has leached advanced stages. Its progress may be arrested, in some cases, by cer tain treatments. Discovered early and carefully treated by competent physicians or surgeons, it may be cured in most cases...