Word: abrupt
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...abrupt end loomed menacingly over the horizon. If the Russians pushed into Finland-to root out the bases from which Nazi planes and U-boats were sinking ships bringing aid to Russia-or if the Allies landed in northern Norway, Germany might be able to defend her northern outposts only if Sweden allowed the shipment of reinforcements and supplies across Swedish territory. If Stockholm agreed, it would be a flagrant violation of her neutrality. If she refused, she could expect a German attack...
...Moscow, where the population has jumped from one million in 1920 to over four million today, housing conditions are further complicated by the abrupt wartime cessations of badly needed new residential buildings, by poor architectural planning and bad workmanship on some apartments, and by lack of materials to repair bomb-damaged windows and roofs...
...until a communiqué announced renewal of the assault on Madagascar did most of the public realize that Madagascar had never been under effective control of the United Nations. Britain's conquest had come to an abrupt halt after the invaders finished, mopping up scattered French resistance in the hills rimming Diégo-Suarez Bay. For 1,000 miles southward through the rest of the island Vichy-french officials had not come to terms. Last week the British really got down to taking control of Madagascar's ports, mineral wealth and agricultural resources...
...abrupt wording of the note spoke volumes. From the tone of the Russian press there was more than a hint at disappointment that no pledge of an immediate second front was made...
...stout-hearted crew retaliated with a long blast from their whistle, attracting a nearly police car, which proceeded to apprehend the responsible Cambridge urchins, thus putting an abrupt end to the reign of terror...