Word: exceptionally
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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Blitzmas pudding, as widely dished up in the United Kingdom last week, was the same as the traditional Christmas (or plum) pudding except that carrots were much used where the receipt called for certain fruit. There was no Blitzmas shortage of nourishing food but instead of "Christmas goose," turkey or other high-priced fowl* most people, including the armed forces, chomped cheap Empire beef or mutton on Dec. 25. Officers of about the rank of colonel, if at all prosperous themselves, generally treated their men to free beer...
...Thailand were to be attacked soon by Japan, it would probably be from the north and west, via French Indo-China.Thailand's northwestern frontier with Indo-China follows a fairly good military barrier, the Mekong River-except for a stretch of about 270 miles, where Indo-China has title to a narrow strip of territory south and east of the river. The area once belonged to Thailand. About the time Japan moved into Indo-China, Thailand decided to demand this strip of land, to close the gap in the barrier. Because she went to work on Indo-China...
...behind it. Chungking currency, with which he will have to compete, is specifically backed by half of the recent $100,000,000 loan from the U. S. Government. One interesting solution Mr. Chou had already devised. He put into circulation bank notes which were exact counterfeits of Chungking currency except for the signatures...
Instead of the expected Blitzkrieg knockout, Louis shuffled as if his mind was on his Christmas shopping. He landed a few good punches, but for every one he landed, he missed two. When the bell rang for the sixth round, McCoy, for no good reason except that his left eye was swollen shut, remained in his corner...
...sort of London Times in miniature. The "Murdoch press" has tentacles in three of Australia's six States, boasts a combined (daily & Sunday) circulation of more than 1,040,000-which is considerable on a continent of 7,000,000 inhabitants. But Sir Keith, except for a small interest in the Sydney Sun, has no newspaper holdings in New South Wales-a section as important in Australia as the Eastern coast...