Word: thunderings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...importance of Naziism in the '30s, and today, is not only the millions of mice marching to the pipings of a demagogue. Naziism was in tune with Deutschland Über Alles-with the German superrace strains of Hegel, Nietzsche and Fichte; with the thunder of Wagner; with the rhythmic plans of the German General Staff first to dominate Europe and then the world; with the rondo movement of German Junkers and industrialists to seize world markets. Naziism was nourished and adopted by Army men like embittered, ever-dreaming General Erich Ludendorff, industrialists like Fritz Thyssen and Gustav Krupp...
...Clouds as weather forecasters: thin cirrus clouds or altocumuli mean fair weather for at least 24 hours ("the higher the clouds, the finer the weather"); thickening cirrus and layers of clouds moving in different directions mean rain; big cumulus clouds in the morning mean thunder showers in the afternoon; persisting fog means rain by afternoon or night...
...Aerial Gunner" with Chester Morris and Richard Arlen while it at least has some plot, falls too much into the rut of the usual war pictures. If you like that blood and thunder stuff that acts like sandpaper on your nerves, you might like "Aerial Gunner...
...Manned the gun turrets of two Martin Marauders, called the "Thunder," and the "Coughin' Coffin...
Before November befogs the Thames, the House of Commons will have a try at overhauling British education-if it sticks to its order of business. It better had or prepare to hear crashing thunder...