Word: units
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...activity might be a forecast of real action in the west, it was more likely that the Germans just wanted to know what was going on. After taking prisoners they retired. All that was going on, on the Allied side of the lines, was the replacement of a French unit by British troops, bringing the British into contact with the Germans for the first time in the war (TIME, Dec. 18). That these British troops threw back a German attack last week was scornfully denied in Berlin. "Curiously," snorted a communique, "the German troops know nothing of such an event...
...fighting," White wrote, "is nerve-tearing. A Japanese soldier sits in a muddy garrison post exposed to guerrilla sniping; he camps in a muddy town hated by its people; he goes out guerrilla chasing and is probably wounded, perhaps killed. Frequently supplies fail to come through and the unit goes on short mess-or starves...
...derricks on its 900 East Texas wells as soon as the oil stopped flowing freely and pumping became necessary, The derricks had to be there for pulling and cleaning the wells' rods and tubing once or twice a year. He asked for sketches and bids on a portable unit to do the job, and Franks Co. engineers went to work...
Three months ago they turned out their first unit: a portable derrick high enough (84 feet) to pull the double-jointed tubing of the deeper wells. One of its two sections telescoped inside the other to make it short enough to transport. Shell tried it, liked it, bought two at $20,000 apiece, ordered more...
...Dewey, assisted by Varsity Coach Clark Rodder, has spent most of his time sitting the team down to a workable unit. He has not had a real chance to teach them the fundamentals of the Harvard system, but in a scrimmage with the Varsity a few nights ago the Cubs made a very encouraging showing...