Word: trailing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...London Daily Express dropped a few sentimental tears last fortnight over the "muddy scar" that had been made on the grounds by bulldozers and steam shovels, "advancing like a serpent of destruction, leaving a hideous trail. ..." The Ministry of Works and Planning was not touched. Coldly, it said that in times like these, the main thing was to get the coal. They were getting it, at the rate of 25,000 tons a week...
...Captain. In this war I have known a lot of officers who were loved and respected by the soldiers under them. But never have I crossed the trail of any man as beloved as Captain Henry T. Waskow of Belton...
...foot of the mule trail the night they brought Captain Waskow down. The moon was nearly full, and you could see far up the trail, and even part way across the valley. Soldiers made shadows as they walked...
Lieut. Commander Gene Tunney wanted to see how the Marines were "taking it," took it pretty well himself when he was rapidly led over one hour and 20 minutes of jungle trail to an advance post in Bougainville. On the way back, 45-year-old, 210-lb. Tunney set the pace with a dogtrot, kept his followers puffing...
...tell you, mate. If you go up the trail another 40 yards . . . and ask those guys up there-they might be able to give...