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...contact with the enemy. An air liaison officer had called out three fighter planes (P-63 Kingcobras) for reconnaissance and strafing. As they circled overhead, sometimes diving earthward, a lieutenant said, "It's always like this-like pushing your finger into butter. The butter spreads and when you pull your finger out you don't have much. Well, anyway, when the Viet Minh come out of hiding they'll find life difficult with no rice or boats...
...slice of a second later at the gun, Brawner found himself a yard behind right at the outset. After the first 100 yds., he began to pull up. Verdeur more than held his own on the turns at the end of the 25-yd. pool, but Brawner gained steadily on the straightaway. With his longer reach and the airfoam floating ride he gets, he was using only three strokes to the champion's five...
...Haven's plan offers coverage of every race. After the running of one, the locomotive at the rear of the train will pull it back up the river again, leaving it in position to follow the next race to the finish line...
...group would then take its chance as a unit, drawing only one number. Alternatively, a group could average its number, as Wellesley groups must do under a similar system. This would give both the individual girl and those who want the privilege of staying together an even chance to pull top priority...
Consequences. In Swift Current, Sask., the social committee of the Horse Cooperative Marketing Association, which cans horse meat, had to cancel a sleighing party because it could find no horses to pull the sleighs...