Word: exceptionally
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...Except for June, when the great French Army was routed in the field, World War II's second November was its most momentous month. For the first time both sides suffered terrible, perhaps decisive losses. The war definitely reached a bloody milestone. From November's disasters, either side might march to victory or ruin...
...Britain needs from the U. S. and elsewhere must pass. After these, last week, night-flying Germans again dropped crushing loads of explosive on Birmingham and on Bristol, on Plymouth, and on Manchester, the cotton and textile centre even greater in wealth and prestige than any other British city except London, having a ship canal of its own to bring in imports, a surrounding web of heavy industry, and important rail connections. Next followed two smashing new assaults on Southampton, leveling the big port's business section and hundreds of residences, setting oil stores afire. An Air Ministry communiqu...
...brother can handle that." By the time Lord Northcliffe died in 1922, they also owned the stately London Times, the Daily Mirror, various lesser publishing enterprises. Out of a welter of involved deals and suits that followed Northcliffe's death, Rothermere emerged with control of all these properties except the Times, which was sold to Major John Jacob Astor...
Partial vengeance was afforded the Engineers in their overwhelming victory in the Freshman contest. Except for a less by decision and a draw, the Tech first year men took every match. Bobby King pulled down the three points in a very one-sided tussle in the 145-pound class, while Buck Marshall wrestled to a draw in the 128-pound group...
...missed. But it can be filled, by the creation of a Harvard Outing Club. Harvardian reserve permits the raising of this plan because to date every other college in the region has O. C's. And no visible obstacle except lack of inactive stands in the way. For skiing and hiking three sections especially could be exploited at a minimum cost, the O. C. using the already extant Youth Hostels, available for a dollar per head; around Plymouth, N. H., Stowe, Vt., and Putney School, southern Vermont. Here both the beginner, who longs for the graceful swells of a golf...