Word: prowess
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...true. Decorations for military prowess and valor go back to history's dawn...
...successor, on the other hand, was hailed as "one of the youngest, ablest and most vigorous men in the three services," an inspiration to his subordinates, a keen pilot. Wonderful tales were told of his prowess as a cricketer at his old school, Winchester; as a marksman and fisherman. He was described as an authority on nature's counterpart of the R. A. F.-falconry. Britons were reminded that in World War I he nicked the plane of the great German Ace Immelmann with a rifle; that in 1917 he went out five times a night to bomb...
...single summer of 1901 he won the Junior Amateur seulls trophy in a Fourth of July regatta, and on Labor day carried the corresponding trophy in the Intermediate class. Yet his activities have not always been confined to singles, for cups and medals from past races show his prowess in fours and eights...
Bursting with pride in Chinese prowess, the press office of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek announced last week that 97 Japanese officers and 1,800 troops were slain in a stiff engagement in the province of Honan when Chinese forces stormed "Kaifeng, the first provincial capital recaptured since Japan began the war on July...
...most experts can see, the two squads are virtually equal, with the Crimson just barely favored to eke out a win in the final relay. However, the competitors in at least seven of the nine events are so even in prowess that the score may well be determined by some of the usually unimportant third places...