Word: zone
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...side, small Western Pacific led all the rest. With its main line from Salt Lake City to San Francisco jam-packed with shipments to the Pacific war zone, profits rocketed to $15,205,421, two and a half times those of 1942 and 22 times those of 1941. Against this, the rise in New York Central earnings to $62,729,230 v. $49,082,182 in 1942 seemed comparatively modest, and the sharp drop in Pennsylvania profits to $85,500,000 ($101,468,792 in 1942) seemed almost poor...
...Security. The primary aim was to establish a "permanent zone of interest" over an arc of islands stretching from Timor to Western Samoa. The great half-circle includes New Guinea, the Solomons, the New Hebrides. The Commonwealths down under want to make sure that an enemy will never again get as close to Australia as the Japanese did in 1942. Australia and New Zealand propose to police the area within the arc, pay part of the costs of a standing force if other interested nations will collaborate. Others affected: the U.S., The Netherlands, France, Portugal, Great Britain...
Long Reach. But the new Mustang's greatest single contribution to the mounting air battle over Europe is its long range; it has whittled a healthy slice out of the danger zone in which daylight bombers must fly without fighter escort to hit distant enemy targets. The exact range is secret, but 1,000 miles might not be a bad layman's guess; on its showing last week, the Mustang might have enough range to fly escort to Berlin...
...sizable favorite, as the men from Medford will bring over practically the same team that beat last year's Varsity, 57-56 in a five minute overtime period after 44 personal fouls. The Tufts offense depends mostly on fast breaks and sleeper plays, and the defense employs a shifting zone against the Harvard...
...short of planes, possibly even of trained jungle fighters, was grievously hurt. He could not adequately protect both the New Ireland-New Guinea area and the Central Pacific islands with what he had in sight. One battle zone or the other would have to remain weak, or reinforcements would have to be rushed from distant zones. Chungking reports indicated that the Japanese might be doing just this: fleet concentrations were said to be moving south off Fukien Province, and heavy troop movements were taking place from Manchukuo and North China...