Word: pushed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...French powerhouse at Kembs (in front of Mulhouse), due warning was given to the German side. Evacuation of 300,000 civilians from Mulhouse to Biarritz on the Bay of Biscay was begun by the French this week. This hinted that the French may expect a real German push at her Belfort Gate, south end of the Maginot-Westwall stalemate, or through the Swiss side door. > Machine gunners on the forefront of the German advance wore steel armor covering them from neck to crotch. Weighing 30 Ibs. but only 1/20 in. thick, this gear was more psychological than practical. It would...
Although Hitler is now on the borderline, concluded Dr. Brown, may stave off insanity for many a long speech, defeats in the field and the consequent necessity for making "terrible decisions" may push him over the edge into stark, staring madness, or even suicide...
...basis of past performances Burwell, the smooth-running, tireless Junior, is number one man. But Tuttle and Clark are not far behind; Tuttle, kept out of track last year by illness, has been coming ahead fast and may well push Burwell today...
This week it came-a small push along a four-mile front, but the first attack in force the Germans have made. It came along the northern flank through the Moselle Valley-an offensive that an official French communique described as "an attack supported by artillery fire." French outposts were slowly driven back toward the Maginot Line. From the rear came reinforcements and a counterattack and at the end of the day the German infantry had been stopped, at least for the time. But they had pushed back about a mile and a quarter into...
...showman before he thought of This Ain't Our War, Jay C. proved his feeling for box office several years ago. To push Hormel's chile con carne, he cooked up an expensive musical show called the "Hormel Chile-Beaners," sent it barnstorming through Minnesota. It salted away Jay C.'s right to the title of the Billy Rose of the meat packers...