Word: mediumly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Forces General "Hap" Arnold had said that the new superbomber, the Boeing B29, would make the Flying Fortress shrink to the size of a medium bomber. And that was about all the U.S. public knew about the B29, until last week...
...medium height, with dark straight hair, blue eyes, a lined humorous face and a big nose, Romains was 35 when he got the idea for Men of Good Will. For ten years he prepared to write it. He consciously planned his life and writing to climax in the creation of his masterpiece. In his country house in Touraine he worked ten hours a day for four months each year. In Paris, visitors, the mail and the telephone slowed him down. But he kept two secretaries busy. One of them was Lise Dreyfus, brown-eyed, slim, with brown curls piled high...
After a year's end lull, U.S. airmen in the Central Pacific resumed their daily bombardment of the Japs' Marshall Islands. The Army's Seventh Air Force sent heavy, medium and dive bombers over the runways and harbors of Mili. Jaluit, Wotje, Maloelap, Kwajalein (see cut). Navy Secretary Frank Knox all but forecast imminent invasion of the Marshalls: he said the bombings were "softening up" the islands, "putting the enemy on the defensive throughout that region...
Most deals were for small and medium-sized hotels and apartment houses. Even so, prices ran up as high as $300,000, with many owners collecting more than the original construction costs. Because the Army prohibits civilians from taking pictures of its military installations, some hotels still leased to the Army are being sold sight unseen to out-of-town buyers...
Hess described the corpse as a Lieutenant of medium height, wearing the short overcoat. The cause of his death is not yet definitely established, but drowning seems probable. However, the bloody condition of the face indicated possible violence. A Second Lieutenant, 33 years old, was reported missing here on November 17, and the police believe it may be his body, but the Army has as yet issued no confirmation of this...