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...cold rain was falling. On the west bank of the Black River, the French were loading an ambulance with wounded. Into the top shelf went a Frenchman with face wounds; into the middle shelf, a Vietnamese whose left foot had been blown off by a mine. Around his head lay grimy salvage from his pockets: a wallet, a watch, a rosary, bits of candy. Into the bottom shelf went a Moslem with a shattered leg, his bared, shaven head showing the tuft of hair by which Allah would raise him to heaven after death. The guy ropes of the medical...
Crown had poured $10 million into his mine at Farmersville, Ill., one of the biggest (annual capacity: 2,500,000 tons) in the state. By using machines to cut the coal, load and carry it out of the mine to be cleaned, sorted and conveyed to hoppers for shipping, he thinks he can cut his production costs well below those of most other mines. He plans to cut transportation costs by shipping in barges. He already has a big market; fast-expanding Commonwealth Edison Co. in Chicago will take half his output. For Crown, the whole enterprise was no more...
...things, that gives Men at Arms its weight and vision. By the end of the volume the Halberdiers have not done much more than finish their training, but Waugh has already completed them as individual representatives of an ancient nation turning a new page of its history. Sometimes the load is too much for his stature and he reverts (particularly where the "Thunder Box" is concerned) to scatological burlesque. Sometimes his passion for bloodshed and his awe of warriors like Ritchie-Hook so dull his intelligence that he becomes absurd. But such collapses have always been a part of Waugh...
Plans for the Grill were begun over the summer. Actual organization did not start until the University gave the green light to the new Grill earlier this month. A new refrigerator and other equipment were recently purchased, according to Fischelis, to handle the expected increased load on the Dudley serving facilities...
Clues. In Joplin, Mo., Police Radio Dispatcher Jim Miller broadcast the description of a stolen vehicle, wasn't surprised when police quickly found it: a bright red truck with a load of lumber topped by three bathtubs...