Word: abandoning
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When orders came to abandon ship, few were prompt to obey. "Yes, sir," mumbled the Negro mess attendants manning an antiaircraft gun; they kept on firing. A19-year-old steward's mate with a broken leg dragged himself back to his post with them. Only when two planes had been shot down and the decks were awash did the men jump into the oily...
Cabled TIME Correspondent John Scott: "It would be incorrect to conclude that the Germans plan to abandon Norway without a fight...
...GOPresidential possibilities last week effectively laid the specter of Republican isolationism. They removed the broad objectives of U.S. foreign policy from 1944 campaign debate. And they gave assurance to U.S. allies and enemies alike that, whichever party wins in November, the U.S. will not abandon its international responsibilities...
Chaloult, who belongs to no party, picked his words with care. They pointed up French Canadian fears that invasion losses will soon compel Canada to abandon her voluntary system of overseas service, send conscripts abroad. And to support overseas conscription is still as much as a Quebec politician's political life is worth, as it has been since World War II began...
...Westward still, where Brixham's whitewashed houses climb the red sandstone cliffs above Tor Bay, patient Devon fishermen mend their nets and watch for signs that offshore fishing is again allowed. Napoleon paused at Brixham on his way to St. Helena. Brixham fishermen were among the last to abandon sail for steam, but claim to have been the first to find the teeming Dogger Bank in the Bay of Biscay...