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...each hillock, each ravine, each village, exacting of the Russians losses at least as heavy. The precise location of the battle line was not revealed by either Berlin or Moscow communiqués, but Moscow reported this week that fighting was going on "in Stalingrad." The heaviest pressure and steadiest German progress was from the southwest, toward the Volga bend directly below Stalingrad. There the Germans had lost as many as 60 tanks on a single sector, but slowly they thundered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: For Stalin's City | 9/21/1942 | See Source »

Frank Parker from California played his first matches at Forest Hills ten years ago as a 16-year-old pride of famed Tennis Coach Mercer Beasley. For a decade one of the first ten ranking U.S. players, Parker developed the steadiest game in contemporary U.S. tennis, but he could never win against brilliance, had never won the national title. This year gave him his chance. The first full test came when he met Segura in the semifinal round...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: No Golden Age | 9/14/1942 | See Source »

...selecting future candidates for the new corps, the Army will give preference to "older and more experienced men." Object: to give the Corps the best and steadiest personnel available, prevent young buckos from misusing M.P. authority...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Defense: M. P.s, New-Style | 10/13/1941 | See Source »

...Wind (1,037 pages), this one has two distinctions. It is one of the longest (1,176 pages) and it is Viking's first gamble with this gargantuan species. Being in other respects no better and no worse than other imitators, it spreads sail before some of the steadiest book-trade-winds that blow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Costume Novels | 8/18/1941 | See Source »

...Jenkins the star of the match, played one of his steadiest matches of the season in overcoming flashy Purpleman Wilson Barnes in three sets 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. Jenkins, although behind three love in the last set, used his steadiness to capture six straight games and the match...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RACKETMEN FIGHT WILLIAMS TO TIE | 5/8/1941 | See Source »

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