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Alaska is a battleground for airmen, the Joint Chiefs decided; in 1947, it turned command of the theater over to the Air Force. The primary enemy thus became enemy airplanes, the primary defensive position, U.S. air bases. Let Russia or anyone else slip ground troops-airborne or seaborne-into such "islands of tundra" as Nome or Point Barrow, said the airmen, and you could isolate them like the mighty Japanese bases of Truk and Rabaul were isolated in the Pacific war. You would bomb the planes and shelters and leave them all shivering in the cold with no place...
...Democratic split may enable Corsi to slip into office in strongly-Democratic New York City, much as LaGuardia did in 1933. More likely, however, is a victory for Pecora and the regular Democratic organization...
...dropped to second place, despite its 49 to 0 trouncing of the varsity. Cornell, which tripped the Crimson, 28 to 7, a week ago, moved up into the Top Ten for the first time. The Big Red was named tenth in the nation, even though it just managed to slip by Yale...
...many requests for such a course on our program, which can cover 500 topics, from slip covers to steam fitting. Until now, we didn't know enough about alcoholism to teach...
Shaft wheels halted, children stood silently in empty coal trucks and villagers tensely closed in on a pit official as he read aloud from a pink slip of paper: "There is no possibility of any of the men remaining in the district affected being alive . . . It was then unanimously decided that no course remained except to seal off the affected part of the pit. This work is now taking place...