Word: tula
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hand. Dr. Hewlett Johnson, Red Dean of Canterbury, proudly fondled the immense gold cross dangling on his chest-a cherished gift from the Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexei. "To talk of peace in the Soviet Union," said the Dean sanctimoniously, "is like bringing one's samovar to Tula."* Italy's table-thumping left-wing Socialist Leader Pietro Nenni furiously denounced the Atlantic pact as an instrument of war, shouted that President Truman was "a pocket-sized Napoleon . . ." The U.S. was represented by party-lining Negro educator Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, Germany by America's erstwhile...
...Rough equivalent of "carrying coals to Newcastle." A metalworking town 120 miles south of Moscow, Tula is famous for its samovar industry...
...farmers suspected a gringo plot to poison their animals, and priests preached against interference with God's will. There the Apostles used any methods they could think of, giving more movie shows, bringing friends of local farmers from other villages to argue for them. In the village of Tula, Jalisco, when all else failed, the Apostles hauled in a load of pulque and set up free drinks. Next morning the villagers awoke with roaring hangovers, found that all their cattle had been vaccinated...
...period the Russians claimed the capture of 12,418 German officers and men, 621 tanks, 875 guns, 2,521 machine guns, 325 supply dumps. Not listed in the communiqués, but of great value to the Soviet Union, was the recovery of the direct rail link between Moscow, Tula, Orel, Kursk and Belgorod. Russian losses were heavy, too, but relatively lighter than in previous summer campaigns, especially as they were incurred in a successful advance...
...found most everything to be true--except Melvin. She learned that he had marched in the same parade with the Radcliffe WAVES, and he had not told her. Oh, we I, such Infidelity does not seem to bother Tula. For they are being married tonight (Friday) here in Cambridge. The 72 hours granted for such an occasion have been carefully planned out by the happy couple...