Word: waters
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...such arrived last week. He is William Rospigliosi, of TIME Inc.'s Rome bureau, and you may recall some of his by-lined stories in TIME: A Clock For Fiumicino (Sept. 1, 1947), The Pope's Day (May 5, 1947), or the controversy over The Water of Arsoli (Sept...
...conference of 14 Asiatic and Middle Eastern nations to discuss ways & means of helping Indonesia's republicans. Burma's ex-Premier Ba Maw announced that a Burmese expeditionary force (including 100 women) would leave shortly for Indonesia to fight the Dutch. An official spokesman, however, threw cold water on that idea. Said he: "We have our own lawlessness to stamp...
...time cross-indexing columnists' items to find out such things as 1) how many errors are made, 2) whom the columnists talk about most, and 3) how they correct their mistakes without openly admitting that they were wrong. Wrote Taylor: Columnist "Sullivan got himself in hot water when he identified Joyce Matthews and Arthur Lesser as a 'stem twosome.' Two days later he set the record straight when he disclosed the 'Arthur Lessers [are] celebrating their 16th wedding anniversary at New Haven...
Some of Hogan's fans call him "Blazin' Ben," but another nickname-"Little Ice Water"-fits even better. He stands 5 ft. 8½ in. and weighs only 140 lbs., but he manages consistently to hit one of the longest and straightest balls in golf. Apart from such purely technical skills, little Ben Hogan is the fiercest competitor in the game. With his relentless training schedule and assembly-line precision, Ben is all business, considers a social round of golf the most boring thing in the world. Any man who outscores the champ more than once this year...
...within 3,200 yards of two battleships at anchor. The submarine was only 650 feet offshore; it was "disgustingly light." The torpedoes were fired, the submarine swung about and a torpedo fired from the stern tubes. After three minutes there was a loud explosion, followed by thundering columns of water and then by columns of fire. The harbor sprang into life. The destroyers in the anchorage were lit up. Cars sped along the highway. Directly opposite the submarine, a car stopped, turned around, and raced back toward town. Thinking the driver had seen him, Prien withdrew at full speed...