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...there was to be only the quick shock of spring. For the lieutenants, for the corporals, there was not even certainty as to what bitter job would have to be done. They could only guess: southern Russia, probably, between Orel and the Crimea, logically, a drive for oil and toward India. Most of the reinforcements were pouring into that sector. Only the Führer and his intimates could say when the drive would begin. The Russians were putting on one last effort to take the German key points; they were attacking all along the line, but especially...
...solved the boiler question by walking out of the room. As long as we were in costume nobody bothered us. We could go anywhere backstage and people ignored us. I guess they figured we were luminaries or were trying to catch an 8:40 cue. Anyhow, led by the adventursome Newman, who seems to be endowed with an inquisitive mind, the half dozen of us Harvard men paraded through the Maginot-like corridors of the Metropolitan backstage. Behind us trailed the three dozen supers from the other colleges, figuring, I suppose, that we knew where we were going. We walked...
...short stories on the side, is a current favorite with the army, and is the sweetheart of only two outfits less than, Margie Hart, the current laurels queen. Sighing a bit shyly, she admitted a fear of loneliness when husband George leaves for the Navy, but added "I guess I'll have company part of the time...
...guess is just as good as theirs...
...Swedes. They knew Herr Schmidt's humor was not all in fun. It was the start of the same old guessing game which began each year with the melting snows. Everyone would guess which way Adolf Hitler would jump next-then wonder how they could have missed the obvious. In 1940 the experts had Hitler invading France-but he struck at Norway first. In 1941 he was going against the British or Turkey-but he turned against Russia instead. Now, in 1942, it seemed that Hitler would strike toward the Russian Caucasus or the Suez Canal. Naturally, the Swedes...