Word: backe
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...Tuscaloosa had been originally assigned. In Washington, in a week of rumors and counter-rumors, President Roosevelt told his press conference that he was leaving for a long defense inspection trip, and though it might take him more than twelve hours from Washington by rail, he would fly back if an emergency called him to the White House. Early this week he set out to join the Tuscaloosa on the Florida coast...
...mean the end of the peaceful building of the common man's Britain. After four hours of argument a 48-year-old grey-haired Welshman named Owen Jenkins stood up. Owen Jenkins said he had two sons in the service. "Could I face my boys if they came back, looked me in the eyes and said to me: 'You voted for a strike while we were defending our country?' Is a few bob all that matters in this world? Who cares whether you get five pounds or five pounds four shillings a week when your neighbors...
...Axis push into the Balkans which continues even with the temporary Italian set-back, the numerous agreements signed during the past few weeks with like minded or weaker states, the nightly bombings of enemy cities, and the increased Japanese pressure, on Indo China and the East Indies, certainly do not constitute a stalemate. This is movement, and movement on the whole favorable to the Axis Powers...
Down at Tech, to round out the picture, they won't even admit themselves to a cheerful or a gloomy outlook. They have three veterans back from their 41 to 28 victory in the opener last year, but the best of them. Captain Ronic Samuels may be out of the game with a bum leg. Three more men have shown promise but have never played before in a varsity game...
...Harmon, Michigan's triple all-American representative, led the Wolverine contingent, garnering a perfect total of 20 votes at the left-halfback post, while Forrest Evashevski, his teammate and blocking back who paves the way for many of Harmon's spectacular runs by devastating interference, was not far behind, polling just one short of a unanimous vote...