Word: tigers
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...face of it, neither the tiger tough ness nor the political agility of Premier General Kuniaki Koiso were of any avail. Four times in eight months of office he had staved off the inevitable by reshuffling his cabinet. Now he shuffled across the ancient moat to the Imperial Palace. Be hind the unmortared walls he bowed before Emperor Hirohito, confessed his failures, offered his apologies and the collective resignation of his cabinet...
...Ordnance's jobs is to determine when soldiers' criticism of a weapon is based on fact and when it is just griping. In the case of the Royal Tiger and its 88-mm. gun, front-line criticism was impressively dismissed by fighting commanders, including Eisenhower and Patton, as a gripe. It was not until recently that field commanders decided the front-line men might be right and asked-but too late-for the T-26. There would not even be a token force of Pershings on hand now if Ordnance had not started building them more than...
...good sense nor good nonsense; the ending of the play is lame; the dialogue is sometimes bright but often flashy, and riddled with literary puns ("I have been faithful to thee, Cynara. after my Old Fashioneds"). For its best moments Foolish Notion can thank deep-throated Actress Bankhead-a tiger in her wrath and also (with a funny line) a tiger in her timing...
Whether it was or not, combat experience will have to prove. The T-26s arrived in Europe only last month, could scarcely have had a real workout. On the basis of specifications, the Germans' biggest Royal Tiger still holds a margin of power...
...weighs 45 tons, mounts a 90-mm. gun. The Royal Tiger is some 30 tons heavier (which means thicker armor), and mounts the vicious, high-velocity...