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...other suicides had chosen the grenade. Most of them simply held grenades against their stomachs or chests. The explosive charge blasted away their vital organs. Probably one in four held a grenade against his head. There were many headless Jap bodies between Massacre and Chichagof. Sometimes the grenade split the head in half, leaving the right face On one shoulder, the left face on the other...
...compromise has eased tension, but it has not meant victory for either party. De Gaulle, who came here with the intention of creating a strong, central, sovereign power, now finds that the power is split, that his plans for broad, sweeping reforms are reduced. For General Giraud, also, the compromise cannot be satisfying. It places him in the embarrassing position of being Commander in Chief by virtue of Allied intervention...
Hoodlumism. The mob split all over Los Angeles, to Watts, Belvedere, Boyle Heights, El Monte, Baldwin Park, Montebello, San Gabriel - anywhere that Mexicans lived...
...split second every eye turned toward that quarter, unbelieving. Then we saw it: a long grey U-boat not more than 600 yards away, deck awash, conning tower, guns and even men plain to the naked eye. It was moving slowly: it had evidently been hurt by depth charges...
...intense loyalty of Bennett and Sorensen there can be no question. But as to how they will pull together - with Edsel gone - there is doubt. The empire has long been split into two warring kingdoms, with Bennett ruling one, Sorensen the other. Edsel Ford gave his tacit support to Sorensen, counteracting the tremendous influence Bennett has with Henry Ford. The scales are now tipped far the other way. This Tuesday Bennett was made a director (Sorensen was one already) at the same time that Edsel's widow and three other executives were added to the board. But Henry Ford...