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...British armor," Lang reports. "The tanks were halted because some bitter fighting was still going on near the intersection ahead, and we could ear the chilling chatter of machine guns, cautioning us that Tunis was not yet won. We bypassed the tanks and bumped onward over the roadside trolley line, passing villas licking flames into...
...Kansas City, day before the story was to be made public, reporters heard bartenders, waiters whisper: "The President's in Africa, you know." In San Francisco one newsman was told of the President's trip by a stranger on a trolley. A Detroit reporter was flabbergasted when a courthouse official spouted: "Yeah, I know all about it. Roosevelt and Churchill conferred in North Africa." In Wilkes-Barre, Pa. striking anthracite miners declined for a while to obey a Presidential request that they return to work because "it's a phony; the President's not in Washington...
From then on the Vagabond became a man of strong emotions. Losing the game that way was a tremendous blow; it wouldn't have been so bad if they'd outplayed us and won by two touchdowns. On the trolley back he was ready to bite any offensive Yaleman. He went to a friend's room and poured four scotches down his throat. Even that didn't help. He was unhappy, and he didn't recover all night. He couldn't help it--this game meant a lot to him. But to think of what should have been the best...
...around with his Yale friends and sleeping on their daybed. He'd seen the whole coaching staff at the Toasty and they'd been so happy he was sure Harvard would win. He'd got up in time to meet the Springfield train and eventually find his date. Lunch, trolley out to the game, and still he felt normal...
...Siberian and Ural miners worked twelve-hour shifts digging coal for Russia's railroads and metallurgical plants. North of Moscow 80,000 city officeworkers felled timber for firewood. Logs were transported by barge, train, bus and trolley car to the capital. After classes and on Sundays pupils and teachers toted firewood to their schools...