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...Belgium and the Prince of Wales about the U.S., 2) acting as Woodrow Wilson's protocol adviser at Versailles. In more recent years, he is credited with the tricky job of persuading Brazil to give the U.S. World War II air bases. Natty Diplomat Caffery keeps his figure trim by swimming, climbing mountains, and forgoing lunch. Shy, nervous and addicted to bad puns, he is highly regarded by the Department as a painstaking foreign serviceman who plugs away to carry out orders, digs hard for facts, wins the respect of foreigners, and keeps Washington well-informed with terse...
...plane. Around it gathered hundreds of big C-47 transports, loaded to their stripped ribs with paratroopers and light weapons. The scene was repeated at a score of fields. The big bombers - 1,000 of them - were already out, plastering German airfields in The Netherlands and beyond. The trim fighters -hundreds of them - were out diving against flak towers and gun sites...
...Dominion Government had committed itself to a Navy of at least 9,000 men after the war. Minister Macdonald himself thought a force of 15,000 would be "more likely ... [to] satisfy Canadians," hoped the nation would keep two cruisers, two carriers and eight destroyers in postwar fighting trim, with lesser craft to match...
...halted before a well-guarded gate. "This is Maidenek," Kudriavtsev said. I saw a huge, not unattractive, temporary city. There were about 200 trim, grey green barracks, systematically spaced for maximum light, air and sunshine. There were winding roads and patches of vegetables and flowers. I had to blink twice to take in the jarring realities: the 14 machine-gun turrets jutting into the so-blue sky; the 12-ft.-high double rows of electrically charged barbed wire; the kennels which once housed hundreds of gaunt, man-eating dogs...
...divorcee, one a widow, the rest spinsters. They call themselves the "Nine Old Women," although their ages range from a mere 30 to a mere 44. Their backgrounds vary from directing physical education to counseling at law. Their uniform sizes vary from a trim 16 to a firm 40. The Nine...