Word: blows
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...whatever the final outcome, the House's revolt was of immense significance. War or no war, the House blowoff might yet be a constructive blow for legislative government. Franklin Roosevelt must win back Congressional support at all costs, and the price Congress really demands is intelligent administration of the home front. If the President does not choose to pay the price, he may find himself in the unhappy, hamstrung position of the World War I President, Woodrow Wilson...
After the carpetbag era, the family moved to Manhattan. Young Bernie went to City College, acquired a Phi Beta Kappa key, a reputation as an amateur boxer and ballplayer, and a deaf left ear as the result of a blow with a baseball bat. That deaf ear kept him out of West Point, his first choice for a career; and it has also enabled him, at crucial times, to hear only the questions he cares to answer...
...Russian front. Despite the losses of the first winter, they were fresh. They were splendidly equipped. The Luftwaffe was master of the Russian air. Yet in 1942 the Germans dared not attempt a front-wide drive to knock out Russia and the Red Army. Heavy though the southern blow was, it was a limited blow, intended to cripple rather than to kill...
...Americans' next major blow was a double raid from which 26 bombers did not return-the heaviest loss yet suffered by U.S. bombers in Britain. One force was sent out over Kiel. This raid drew off most of the Luftwaffe's fighters and precipitated one of the greatest air battles of World War II. The other, larger force raided Bremen comparatively unhindered...
Even this poke-in-the-nose failed to draw a retraction from O'Donnell, whose unsubstantiated blockbuster was a Jcruel blow to the WAACs and the war effort...