Foreign News: Blitz Score

About a quarter of London will have to be rebuilt after the war. Bombs (Blitz I) and robombs (Blitz II) have left few streets in the world's largest city without ruins or cratered lots, few buildings undamaged. Last week Reconstruction Minister Lord Woolton totted up the damage.
Blitz I killed 42,000 Britons, injured 50,000, destroyed 84,000 homes, damaged 1,500,000. Blitz II killed 10,000, injured 28,000, destroyed 23,000 homes, damaged 1,104,000.
Most Londoners preferred bombs to robombs. At its peak the robomb blitz destroyed or damaged 17,000 houses a day, a destruction rate never equaled in the much longer bomb blitz.
A million Londoners are homeless, hundreds of thousands are living in "acute discomfort." Lack of labor, materials, time have made it impossible to rebuild wrecked houses. This winter at least 10,000 Nissen-type Army huts will dot the London landscape as emergency shelters. But they will shelter only a fraction of the homeless.
At week's end robombs, launched probably from aircraft, again began falling on London. Londoners, who had cautiously raised their blackout curtains for the first time in five years, promptly lowered them again. On dimout night (Sept. 17) the city continued to look like the inside of an inkwell. As long as the bombs kept coming, London would stay sensibly dark.

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News 1 (you)
Bloody Pursuing It happened just before one o'clock Friday morning on a stretch of US-220 near the Franklin County line.The pickup that police were pursuing showed evidence of the gun battle... so did two patrol vehicles back at the Roanoke County Public Safety building. One officer was injured and one man at the pickup was dead. The pursuit began when an offi  cer tried to stop the driver for speeding, but investigators say they don't know why he opened fire.
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Twins Rays Today The Minnesota Twins have had Southwest Florida all to themselves since the Red Sox left for Japan last week. But the Twins run is also coming to a close. Today's game against Tampa is the next to last at Hammond stadium this spring.Bottom one, two on for Delmon Young. He shoots one to left, but it's misplayed. John Mover scores easily from second, but then a throwing error results in another Twins Run coming Minnessota leads two zip.Top three, some score, two out. Livan Hernandez moving alright for a big man. Shows off the soccer skills as he kicks the ball to Justin Morneau at fi  rst. Six innings, just one run earned for Hernandez. Twins  end up winning 4-2. Next spring, the Rays will join the Twins and Red Sox in Southwest Florida when they move spring camp to Charlotte Country.

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Fire officials say the blaze that ravaged the federal records storage facility in Selma Valley is now under
control.More than 40 fi  re fi  ghters battled the fl  ames  that erupted late Wednesday night. TV-3's John Jacobs asked fi  re fi  ghter Jennifer Carry if the blaze may have been the work of an arsonist.Because the fi   re involved federal records , the FBI has been called in to investigate. Earlier this afternoon TV-3's Sandra Parks asked bureau chief Tim Ray about the FBI's involvement.

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Dialoque_Care about the Environment

Sinta doesn't go to school because she is sick. She is consulting
a doctor about her sickness.
Sinta  :  Good morning, Sir.
Doctor  :  Good morning. What can I do for you?
Sinta  :  Yes, doctor. I couldn't sleep well. Could you
examine me?
Doctor :
1
. Okay, open your mouth!
      When did you feel that you have a problem
with your sleeping?
Sinta  :  About two days ago, and then I also had a
cough.
Doctor :  Okay.
2
?
Sinta  :  Yes, but it sometimes happens.
Doctor  :  Err ... you just have a fever. Don't worry.
Sinta :
3
. 
      Doc, may I go to join a test tomorrow?
Doctor  :  Why not? You are not seriously ill. Now take
a rest and take a lot of nutritious meals and
drinks. Don't forget to drink these medicines
after meals.
Sinta : Alright.
4
 that I'm not seriously sick.
Thank you.
Doctor :  You're welcome. Get better soon.

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Narrative_Little Peachling

 

Many hundred years ago there lived an honest old woodcutter and his wife. One fi  ne morning the old man

went off to the hills with his billhook, to gather a faggot of sticks, while his wife went down to the river to wash the dirty clothes. When she came to the river, she saw a peach fl  oating down the stream; so she picked it up, and carried it home with her, thinking to give it to her husband to eat when he should come in.
The old man soon came down from the hills, and the good wife set the peach before him, when, just as she was inviting him to eat it, the fruit split in two, and a little puling baby was born into the world. So the old couple took the babe, and brought it up as their own; and, because it had been born in a peach, they called it Momotaro, or Little Peachling. By degrees Little Peachling grew up to be strong and brave, and at last one day he said to his old foster parents: "I am going to the ogres' island to carry off the riches that they have stored up there. Pray, then, make me some millet dumplings for my journey."So the old folks ground the millet, and made the dumplings for him; and Little Peachling, after taking an affectionate leave of them, cheerfully

set out on his travels. As he was journeying on, he fell in with a monkey, who gibbered at him, and said: "Kia! Kia! Kia! Where are you off to, Little Peachling?""I'm going to the ogres' island, to carry off their treasure," answered Little Peachling. "What are you carrying in your girdle?""I'm carrying the very best millet dumplings in all Japan.""If you'll give me one, I will go with you," said the monkey.So Little Peachling gave one of his
dump lings to the monkey, who received it and followed him. When he had gone a little further, he heard a pheasant calling: "Ken! Ken! Ken! Where are you off to, Master Peachling?"Little Peachling answered as before; and the pheasant, having begged and obtained a millet dumpling, entered his service, and followed him. A little while after this, they met a dog, who cried: "Bow! Wow! Wow! Whither away, Master Peachling?""I'm going off to the ogres' island, to carry off their treasure.""If you will give me one of those nice millet dumplings of yours, I will go with you," said the dog. "With all my heart," said Little Peachling. So he went on his way, with the monkey, the pheasant, and the dog following after him. When they got to the ogres' island, the pheasant fl  ew over the castle gate, and the monkey clambered over the castle wall, while Little Peachling, leading the dog, forced in the gate, and got into the castle. Then they did battle with the ogres, and put them to fl  ight, and took their king prisoner. So all the ogres paid homage to Little Peachling, and brought out the treasures which they had gathered. There were caps and coats that made their wearers invisible,
jewels which governed the ebb and fl  ow of the tide, coral, musk, emeralds, amber, and tortoise shell, besides gold and silver. All these were laid before Little Peachling by the conquered ogres.
So Little Peachling went home laden with riches, and maintained his foster parents in peace and plenty for
the remainder of their lives.

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