Word: west
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...shone warmly on the coral beaches. At night, the cool trade wind whispered through the palm trees. Harry Truman loafed. In the shaded seclusion of Key West's submarine base, surrounded by his loyal lieutenants and faithful friends, the victor rested after the battle. It was a fine feeling...
...result, the White House social season was canceled, and the President prepared to move out of the executive mansion on his return from Key West. He would begin his second term in office in historic Blair House,* a 124-year-old, four-story yellow stucco house on Pennsylvania Avenue, which the State Department bought six years ago to house distinguished visitors from abroad. Cheek by jowl with it is Lee House, which the President will also take over. Workmen are already cutting out a connecting doorway...
...date was March 23, 1945. By next morning the massive crossing of the Rhine in the Wesel sector was a fact, and jubilant Winston Churchill stood on the west bank exclaiming repeatedly to Ike: "My dear General, the German is whipped. We've got him. He is all through." But sweeter, perhaps, to Eisenhower, was the fervent comment of Field Marshal Brooke, Churchill's army chief of staff: ''Thank God, Ike, you stuck by your plan. You were completely right . . . Thank God, you stuck by your guns...
Less formal gatherings of both Harvard and Yale men in the West will follow news-ticker accounts of the game at special joint meetings. Two years ago the halftime and final scores were cabled to the Harvard Club of London, but no such plans have been announced this year...
...sweated long and hard over drills and diagrams, and they deserve the backing of the fans. But this year, as in many years past, both teams are slamming each other to gain next to last place in a slightly dubious Big Three championship. The men who left the middle West for Harvard Stadium this week could have seen a finer brand of football by staying home...