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After two and a half days of arguing, the conferees recessed without giving President Roosevelt the "thrill" he had asked for by week's end: a guarantee, for the duration, of industrial peace...
...decided, still circling high above the enemy, that end wasn't for him. He knew bombing was dangerous and he didn't mind; he even enjoyed a special sort of thrill he'd never known before the war when one of the gray puffs of the anti-aircraft shells came particularly close. But this way he had a chance. It wasn't suicide. He didn't mind taking big risks; even 99 to 1 like those torpedo flyers. That one possibility of life out of a hundred was something to work for, something to fight for. He didn't think...
...mechanics got their chance when the Reds made a parachute attack on Pope Field, in the Blues' rear. The few newsmen who saw it got the thrill of their lives. Pope was first strafed by bombers and attack planes. Then the parachutists began pouring down-a whole battalion of them-followed by the varicolored 'chutes carrying mortars, machine guns...
...Almighty's special right hand man and that the Holy Trinity had something to do with the punt, the pass, and the prayer. Even if I were to do years of graduate work around Harvard I would never be able to efface from my memory the happy thrill I received long years ago when Henry Wood dropped a crucial pass in the Michigan end zone, giving the victory to the maize and blue...
...Through his decisive part in negotiating the Russian-German pact, Papen could enjoy the thrill of bringing on World...