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Nevertheless, the repressive, reactionary government of Argentina, which is economically as well as governmentally inclined to align itself with the New Order, is playing the lone wolf. Ramon Castillo, with his autocratic inclinations and his Axis-minded military pals, is unlikely to come around to a cooperative point of view. Nazi pressure, which is reported to have taken the form of a direct note promising retribution and economic ruin for any nation which has not "behaved discreetly" at Rio, has more influence in the Pink House than in any other Latin American capitol. As long as United States beef interests...
Working with the same cold precision that has marked Commando successes in France and Libya (see p. 25), the raiders took over in 15 minutes flat, destroyed a radio mast and transmitter, shot down a lone plane offering resistance, sank a German patrol boat, took several prisoners including six quislings. The Commandos did not lose a man. Simultaneously another Commando unit made successful raids on Vaagsoy and Maaloy, islands several hundred miles south of Lofoten...
...minutes and running up a total of 21 points. His center pivots and off-the-backboard play ran the big Jim Olsen and two of his reliefs ragged in their vain efforts to halt the hard-playing Sophomore. Defensively, Burditt held the usually high-scoring Dartmouth center to a lone field goal...
Chief Boston's two wrestling squads make their lone appearance until after exams tonight in the Indoor Athletic Building, playing host to Tufts at 8 o'clock...
...Lone Wolf. The first to mobilize was Tom Girdler. His career of devil-may-care unpopularity had come to a climax in a 1940 Roosevelt campaign speech, when the President used his name as a synonym for enemy-of-the-people. Shortly thereafter Girdler put out feelers to Washington and decided to quit fighting C.I.O. That was now kid stuff; the big leaguers were fighting Hitler...