Word: surrounding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this World. Backman believes it very unlikely that life originated on the earth; he thinks it more probably started in the more favorable atmospheres containing methane and ammonia gases which surround planets such as Jupiter, Venus and Mars. From them, he says, living organisms may have been transported to the earth by meteorites or by the propulsive power of the sun's rays...
...Ministry's huge Berlin map already blossoms with scarlet blotches, indicating areas where the bombs have finished their work. Goriest blotch of all centers on the Tiergarten district, where some 60% of the jampacked Government bureaus and offices have been destroyed. Dead, burned-out suburbs almost surround this area...
...room 20 ft. by 20 ft. in a wing of a former lunatic asylum. Outside his windows is a spacious lawn and flower beds along the building; they are bright now with the season's last roses and first asters and chrysanthemums. Oaks, elms and beeches surround the grounds. The view reaches to lavender hills...
Outlook. Since General Vandegrift's Marines made their frontal assault on Guadalcanal, the U.S. has learned much about island warfare. The new tactics are to surround the Jap bases in overwhelming force and in combined operation to squeeze the life out of them. Though the capture of Munda was somewhat behind schedule, the Japs were left no secondary retreats, would soon be cleaned up. Gen eral Vandegrift, with his spearhead of Amphibious Marines, looked forward to future operations conducted by "all of us, a highly cooperative team...
Other difficulties have also beset potential chroniclers of the doings of the A-L mob. For instance, there's the darndest amount of hush-hush which must surround our pursuits (including the extra-curricular ones, of course). All we can say is that the boys are learning xxxx xxxx xxxx, and studying all there is to know about...