Word: using
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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Through all these actions, most conspicuous by its absence was the renowned Italian Air Force. A captured Blackshirt pilot shed some light. "Of what use are our two-gun planes," he asked, "against the British eight-guns...
Astonished by the uproar was Sir Keith. Said he stiffly: "I should think that we would use these powers little if at all. . . ." Nevertheless, 48 hours after Sir Keith announced his decrees, they were withdrawn by Prime Minister Menzies. Sir Keith decided he had better resign and look after his own interests...
...teeth from decay might be to encourage the staphylococci by giving them an extra amount of urea to work on. So he made up a mouthwash of carbamide (synthetic urea crystals). The crystals are colorless and odorless, taste cool and salty. He gave the mouthwash to 100 patients to use on their toothbrushes, found that an increased amount of calcium was deposited on their teeth...
...major epics, there are minor themes, characters and inspirations-the ups & downs of the Hon. Freddie Threepwood, Lord Emsworth's useless boy, who finally gets himself an American heiress and a job in her father's dog-biscuit business ("I can't think what they would use him for," mused Lord Emsworth, "unless as a taster"); or the love-and-golf short stories of that Ancient Mariner of the links, the Club Bore...
...camp holds some 1,000 British civilians caught by the Nazis in the Low Countries, Scandinavia, France, on the high seas. Wodehouse is one of a group of 60 who share a long dormitory with double-decker bunks. They are allowed to use the high-walled prison yard at any time. But they must eat, sleep, get up by military schedule. Food is reported to be the same ration given German civilians-one course of stew with bread on the side. There is hot water daily, but baths only every ten days. Prisoners have only the clothes they brought along...