Word: wente
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...were missing targets because they zigzagged away from antiaircraft fire. He led the next raid over Saint-Nazaire, directing his planes in a straight-line block formation through the flak. Next day he ordered his planes to take no more evasive actions on their final bombing runs. Losses went up, but so did the proficiency of his bombers. LeMay took similar risks in the Pacific. Assigned to run 300-plane B-29 raids against Japan, he removed his bombers guns and gunners, overloaded them with fire bombs to dump on the enemy from a dangerously low level...
...switched to the G.O.P. in 1965 and won the Philadelphia district attorney's office. Last year he nearly defeated Tate for the mayoralty. Another enterprising Democrat, James Walsh, 37, thought he was being held back by his elders. He successfully challenged the organization candidate in a mayoral primary, went on to win Scranton's city hall...
...rooters took some heart in the final period. After Lalich hit the sophomore Varney for a 12 yard score--Varney has caught two passes in the last two games, both for TD's--making the count, 21-7, Domres moved the Lions to their second touchdown. He went over himself from the one with just over five minutes left...
...What I like most about Harvard," Ted went on, "is that you meet so many radically different kinds of people." Ted, whose field is government, admitted that he would like to be President someday...
...pool, Tom held Jennifer around the waist to steady her in a position midway between over and up. Jennifer, with one arm straight forward and the other straight back, was breathing hard from the exercise. The boy in white waited by the edge. Ted went on paddling in circles...