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Herbert Hoover argued about such things as liberty. Practical GOPoliticians, running for their lives to the hills, threw him a scornful glance over their shoulders. In the lean days that followed, these harried GOPartisans came out of their fastnesses only to make hungry forays on the fat New Deal outposts. They had little time or inclination to bother with Prophet Hoover...
13th Day. But the lull had been like the momentary quiet of a thunderstorm before a terrific crash. The worst began on the 13th day of fighting. Supported by heavy artillery and airplanes that bombarded the Finnish lines day and night, the Russians threw fresh troops and tanks against the vital Summa sector, where the villages of Summa and Kamara guarded the road and railroad to Viipuri (see map}. Simultaneously they attacked in the middle of the isthmus, trying to force the defiles between the chain of isthmus lakes and encircle Lake Muolaa. This action, if successful, would flank...
...August 1919, Denikin had conquered the Ukraine and was only 200 miles from Moscow. Trotsky did not even know that Budenny existed, but it was Budenny who stopped Denikin, at Kursk. The Bolshevists quickly recognized him, began to capitalize on his spreading fame. The rumor that Budenny was coming threw the Whites into a panic. After the revolution he was given various Government committee jobs, in most of which he was useless because he could not read or write. At 46 he entered the Moscow Military Academy, graduated with honors...
...spectators were cheering him wildly. Exhilarated, Godoy put on a performance as bizarre as any thing ever seen in a first-class prize ring. Deliberately tormenting Louis, he jumped up & down like a boy playing squat tag, grimaced & grinned and finally, after doing a few mock rumba steps, threw his arms around the champion and kissed him on both cheeks. A few moments later, when Louis was awarded the decision, Godoy hugged him again & again...
...Bill Daughaday and Tudor Gardiner mangled their men in the end of the afternoon, their combined ten points didn't give the Crimson enough score to beat the Columbia outfit. The victors' five referee's decisions were enough to let them hold a two point margin. Daughday's man threw in the towel after two minutes of wrestling when he had a shoulder wrenched, and Gardiner flattened...