1 | In that drive, the World War II defeat and the U.S. occupation turned into a major plus. | |
2 | It was while in California, during the second world war, that his research concentrated on jet propulsion. | |
3 | Poison gas has been around since the Second Battle of Ypres. | |
4 | This is a historic contraction, with world output set to decline for the first time since World War II. | |
5 | It' s lonely compared with downtown. There is an occasional tricycle (read Second World War-style motorbike and sidecar), the odd open-top truck packed with squealing goats, legs tied together. |