Word: zone
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Throughout the evening the Crimson looked good when it managed to clear the puck out of its own zone, but defensively there appeared room for a good deal of improvement, and the puck chasers' aged but very agile opponents managed to hem them in a good part of the evening...
Thus last week did the first big contingent of U.S. troops land in the European war zone-in Northern Ireland. Tough, reticent Major General Russell P. Hartle's men were officially "outpost troops," no A.E.F. But, in quarters long since built by U.S. civilian engineers and contractors, these troops were on a route which the Germans might take to invade Britain. And Northern Ireland may some day be a take-off point for continental invasion...
However, the Australians reported they were taking a toll of 10 Japanese for every man they lost, but their zone of operations was narrowed...
...problem which these men face together (they will meet in Washington when General Sanchez gets back from Rio) involves : 1) improvement of Mexico's transportation facilities to the West Coast and the Canal Zone; 2) joint use of Mexican air and naval bases; 3) building up Mexico's modest peacetime army of 62,500 men into an effective fighting force...
James A. McLaughlin, professor of Law and Warden of Cambridge zone 2, followed Mrs. DeRoth, speaking from the American angle in civilian defense. The main difficulty in the American setup at present, according to him, is that there are no nationwide principles of civilian defense. Central authority has been ineffective, and each lower echelon of administration has issued its own attempt at regulations, most of which have contradicted each other, he said...