Word: treaded
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...rear admirals (major generals) the Navy has 153, not counting the rear admirals in staff corps (supply, medical, dental and engineering) who are not flag officers because they fly no flags, may tread no quarter-decks. Twenty-five of the rear admirals of the line are EDOs, 33 are aviators, two are aviation observers. Their average...
Russia has withdrawn from the heartland of Central Asia. Over all Chinese Turkestan the Government of nationalist China has reassumed full authority. Its alomans blazon with fresh white paint as far as the high Pamirs and dark-eyed dancers of the oases tread out, to the measured beat of tambourines, new dances dedicated to "final victory...
Last week Kentucky's courtly, blue-eyed Colonel Ed, 68, his back still shot gun-straight in a 6-ft.-2-in. frame, his tread still cat-smooth, announced his retirement, effective Nov.1. After nearly three decades on the White House detail, U.S. Secret Service, Colonel Ed was going fishing...
...Getting it accepted by the Army was slower work. Eventually Harry Burns was ready to give up; above his desk he pinned a bunch of red tape (to make himself feel at home) and slouched back to ruminate on horses. But Keyser kept rushing in where colonels feared to tread. Eventually he sold the War Department...
...Shhhh," warned Dupesceau, lightly cutting a grassy caper in geometric circles where officers dare not tread; 'we're all geniuses--but don't tell them or they'll send us to Officers' Training School." Mast Report: Ensigns Laverne and a Flange have applied for a summary court martial...