Word: coverly
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...pass on. To this shame is added that of daily hearing the voice of the radio deride the courage, loyalty and dignity of the English in the forefront of the battle, who cover themselves with glory by resisting alone, after so many betrayals. To the insults of wicked Frenchmen, the British answer with words of comfort, and with acts which rekindle the hope of the other French people of France, of the other French people who are much more numerous than one suspects-all those who listen to the broadcasts of the BBC as if near a wide open window...
Encouraged by the way Britain's tough sea dogs were chasing Italy's new warships to cover, Greece timorously voiced defiance, but with a stiletto prodding her left side and Nazi gunmen aiming at her head, her shouts sounded like a terrified squeak...
...torpedo boats based at Syracuse. Heavy darkness and calm sea made it perfect. Fanning out ahead of the main British forces, H.M.S. Ajax flirted with the shrouded Sicilian coast to draw the Italians out. This was the light cruiser which had run the Admiral Graf Spee to cover in Montevideo last winter. Tall, square-jawed Captain E. B. D. McCarthy was itching for a chance to test the motto of his new command: Nec quisquam nisi Ajax (colloquially: You can't do nothing till Ajax comes...
...three plays, he and Bob Westfall made first down. Westfall drove through left tackle for 20 yards to put the ball on Illinois's 34. Two more first downs and the ball was on Illinois's 12. Then, while Coach Zuppke's boys scrambled to cover Harmon, Little Dave Nelson scooted around right end on a double reverse, ran twelve yards for a touchdown...
...Cover) The Rodgers & Hart-John O'Hara musicomedy Pal Joey had most of its lyrics and all its tunes written last week; Cabin In the Sky was ready to open this week; Hi' Ya Gentlemen was about to go into rehearsal. At this point, Cole Porter's Panama Hattie was rocking Boston audiences with its lewd gale before sweeping on to Manhattan. Composer Porter's shows-Jubilee, Red, Hot and Blue, Du Barry Was a Lady-are notable for being often the funniest, often the most risque in the business. Very fast, very funny and energized...