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Life seemed peculiarly precious and beautiful in moments like these, when transitions proved that it was finite, and Vag passed into that mixture of happiness and sadness which can be expressed only by music, and which literature had best omit...
...greatest problem in the dining halls is that of obtaining choice food. This ranks above expense at the moment. Meat, especially, is the steward's burden. He must accept the cuts that are alloted him and be thankful for small favors. Last week, roast beef, most precious of edibles in the steward's eyes, was scheduled for all House Dinners. Yet, nowhere in Boston could this rarity be found in quantity. Last week, braised beef was served at the House Dinners. Equally elusive to the desperate steward, such commodities as perishable vegetables, shortening, cheese, canned goods, to say nothing...
Returning across a nearby body of water their precious rubber boat capsized. Cried one: "Damn the generals, save the boat." Most of their clothing and $18,000 in gold were lost. But they saved all the important papers, and, shivering, half-naked, they crept through woodlands to a secret rendezvous with an Allied ship...
...formation of a pool of other steel fabricators to do the job. Today the pool comprises 28 companies, 31 plants, and turns put 51% of all tank armor plate made in the U.S. Equally important, the pool makes the plate of special steels which use no precious nickel...
...Cost. Such battles do not come cheaply. The destroyer Porter was lost, other ships damaged. But the real blow came when the Navy announced that another precious, unidentified U.S. aircraft carrier had followed the Lexington, Yorktown and Wasp to a deep grave in the Pacific. Whether she was the Enterprise, the Saratoga, the Ranger or the Hornet was not announced. When the Japs withdrew northward, either in outright retreat or to regroup for another action, Bull Halsey sent his ships to shell the enemy positions on Guadalcanal...