Word: fakes
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...Publisher Silliman Evans finally pot ripsnorting mad. Sun men went out to investigate. The usually meek Sun thereupon came out with these headlines: LABOR ASSAILS TRIBUNE SMEAR and TRIBUNE LIES. . . . Said the Sun: The Tribune's campaign was a "rotten and reckless piece of work ... a giant fake" born of the "fevered delusions and prejudices" of the Tribune's "hate-filled" Publisher Robert R. McCormick...
Three days later, Hart, who detests flying, left on a 28,000-mile trip by bomber. Into two months he had to pack the experience of 15. Using a fake name and wearing a phony uniform, he tasted basic training in Mississippi, sampled college training in Missouri, took classification tests in California. He wound up his training when the nose of his companions' ship "pointed south-for combat...
...never been able to get strong signals from his base, and this message came in surprisingly clear. By using his radio compass [he] was able to determine that this message was coming from a direction ahead of his position . . . he radioed back to his base, warning them of the fake...
They tested the capsules on 1,000 sailors at sea. Of those who got no medicine, 30% became seasick; of those who got fake capsules, 13% became seasick; of those who got the new pink capsules, only 6% became seasick. So the Canadian Navy is issuing the capsules to its personnel, the Army is getting them for invasion and airborne troops. As yet, nobody knows exactly how the pink pills work...
...British Eighth and Afrika Korps faced each other as on a line of scrimmage. Montgomery had the ball. His right halfback (44th Division) started the play by faking to the left and drawing off the defense. His left half (50th Division) took a fake from the quarterback, then plunged through center. Meanwhile, the fullback (United Kingdom's armored division) had started to the left. Quickly he doubled back, took the ball from the quarterback (51st Highlanders) and sliced through the right side of his line, between the defensive left and tackle. His guard (9th Australians) blocked the defensive halfback...