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King George VI announced that a sword of honor was being struck for presentation to the "warrior city" of Stalingrad as a "token of the admiration not only of the British people but of the whole civilized world...
...time for the U.S. to demand permanent title to Atlantic bases obtained on a 99-year lease from Britain in exchange for 50 old destroyers. It astounded him, he added, that the Government had not long since asked for possession in fee simple of these bases, as a token of appreciation for what the U.S. has given Britain under Lend-Lease...
...Music. Even Berlin caught it, not once but twice on successive nights, not token-wise but in two crashing raids. For the first time in more than 14 months (except for several light raids by Russian bombers) Allied aircraft wheeled in "strong force" (meaning hundreds) over the camouflaged symbol of the Reich's indestructibility...
...spirit of wonder and adventure, the token of immortality, will be given to you as a child. May you keep it forever, with that in your heart which always seeks the gold beyond the rainbow, the pastures beyond the desert, the dawn beyond the sea, the light beyond the dark...
Predictions, 1942. Many a forecast for 1942 turned out poorly. Columnist Raymond Clapper thought the U.S. East Coast would be token-bombed, that the Nazis would loose poison gas on England. Columnist George Fielding Eliot wrote that Japs would be "swiftly and decisively beaten." Newscaster Raymond Gram Swing predicted Hitler would either retire or be ousted by the German Army. Author Fletcher Pratt said only a miracle could save Russia "from utter defeat." Foreign Correspondent John T. Whitaker limb-climbed with a flat forecast that the Nazis would invade Spain and Portugal in the spring. Ex-CBS Berlin Newscaster Harry...