Word: tales
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...other European countries have been liberated, tale after tale has been told of churchmen's heroic resistance, of the people's renewed faith. Still-unliberated Norway has its heroic tales still to tell, when it is safe for free men to speak. But it is known that Norway's patriotic pastors, denied the use of their churches, living precariously on their parishioners' contributions, have increased their congregations tenfold. From Oslo last week came reports of fresh waves of sabotage by spiritually unvanquished patriots. And the 50-odd quisling pastors are preaching to empty benches...
...embattled Britain the time had come to tell the world its tale of total mobilization. Britain told it last week in a Government White Paper, wrapping in dispassionate statistics the whole story of what war had done to a people, what the people had done...
...Russian juggernauts in 1939, had yielded up their national ghost, few could have blamed them. In no other conquered country were the prospects of a successful resistance movement more dangerous and disheartening. But an underground was organized. And unlike most underground soldiers, Jan Karski has lived to tell the tale. His book is, in part, one of the most vivid adventure stories of the war. But more, it is a powerful document in the case for Polish independence...
Just for the record, "Our Hearts" is the tale of two college girls who follow an unsuspecting gridiron here to Europe. Cornella has a crush on the poor lad and conspires with Emily to bring herself to his attention. This needless to say, the girls accomplish rather nicely...
...Russian fairy tale, Vasilisa the All-Wise walks up to the little hut that stands on hen's legs and says : "Little hut, little hut, turn with your face to me and your back to the sea." And the voice of Baba Yaga, the witch, answers from within the hut: "Fee fo fum, I smell Russian blood. For today the Russian spirit is marching through the world, and it throws itself on your breast and it slaps you in the face...