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...fuzzy ends of these branches (see cut) gave penicillium its name, which comes from the Latin penicillus, meaning "brush" (forerunner of the modern pencil...
Killed in Action. Klaus Doenitz, eldest son of Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz, in a brush between a British destroyer and a Nazi torpedo boat. The Admiral's youngest son, U-boat Lieut. Peter Doenitz, was reported killed in March...
...Aneurin Bevan talked, Ernie Bevin restlessly shifted his weight, impatiently flung his farm-hardened hands about in gestures he had long used to brush aside opponents, soundlessly worked his pudgy lips. At the end there was no decision. The caucus chairman, indecisive Socialist Arthur Greenwood, was clearly afraid that the ouster would fail. And failure would have been equal to repudiation of Ernest Bevin, a serious thing on the eve of Britain's greatest war effort. The crisis was postponed. But it remained a crisis...
...pictures of the exhibition reflected Occidental draftsmanship. Alert for the Emergency, by Chang Ting-pang, twelve, was a traditionally Chinese water color of wild geese at the edge of a pond, executed with a few nervous brush strokes. Going to Battle was also pure Chinese pen-and-brush work, sketching a peasant figure whose only modern accouterment was the rifle on his shoulder...
...onions between meals, frequently carried an alarm clock dangling from his hand in place of a watch, scrubbed his hide regularly with a stiff tooth brush. He followed Yoga, was a physical fitness fanatic, refused to smoke but enjoyed good food and wine. He read widely-from Plato to comic strips-and remembered everything. He loved music and the Bible, was a serious student of philosophy, strategy, religious history. He knew the Army manuals and the lives of all the great generals by heart. He spoke fluent Arabic and Hebrew. He was a formidable and logical argufier and he loved...