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...through training camps, went to France. He arrived in the Toul sector on Jan. 19, 1918, where his outfit relieved some Moroccan soldiers near Beaumont. On a clear day the Americans could see the city of Metz. They said to each other that sooner or later they'd knock the damn place down...
Fortress pilots and gunners could scarcely believe their eyes as the Mustang flyer slashed in, all knees, elbows and fists, shooting and turning like a man possessed. Observers vowed they saw him knock down five or six German fighters. Said the Fortress formation leader...
...financial troubles seem to be licked and its popularity assured, the Blue Cross now faces a new potential threat: the Wagner bill, now in Congressional committee. Among other additions to present social-security laws, the bill proposes to provide hospitalization insurance for 100,000,000 U.S. citizens, which would knock the Blue Cross plans into the emergency ward...
...factor may knock predictions into the junk pile - unpredictable 80-year-old Henry Ford. For months, he has diligently streamlined his company, getting back to his first principles of cheap cars and no frills (TIME, Oct. 11). His low-price fetish once cracked the industry's price structure wide open. It may do so again...
...grenade is different from ours. To arm it, they pull a pin but then they have to strike the grenade on something solid a couple of times to set off the fuse. They usually knock it on their helmets or rifle butts. They got so close to us at times, we could hear them pull the pin, bang the damn things on their helmets 'klunk-klunk'; and then 'WHAM...