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Word: blows (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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That evening, broadcasting to the nation in his Navy Day speech, the President clipped Mr. Lewis a glancing blow on his jutting jaw, declared: "Our national will must speak from every assembly line-yes, from every coal mine. ... It cannot be hampered by the selfish obstruction of a small but dangerous minority of industrial managers . . . [or] by the selfish obstruction of a small but dangerous minority of labor leaders who are a menace to the true cause of labor itself, as well as to the nation as a whole." Whether or not John Lewis would eventually give heed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Lewis' Great Defiance | 11/3/1941 | See Source »

...Gold Coaster's powerhouse took to the air yesterday afternoon to blow the Leverett Bunnies off the gridiron 33 to 0. Only Adam's victory over Eliot has been able to match this scoring spree so far in the House league. At the same time the Claverly Clippers turned back the Dudley shuffiers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ADAMS PUTS BUNNIES IN HOLE 33 TO 0; CLIPPERS TAKE DUDLEY | 10/31/1941 | See Source »

Harlow had planned to restrict the Varsity to non-contact work until today, when the regular midweek scrimmage is to be held, but the entire first team except for the ends blow off some excess steam at the expense of the subs, as the Crimson pounded down almost the length of the field just before going...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VARSITY ELEVEN REQUESTS AND GETS UNSCHEDULED SCRIMMAGE | 10/29/1941 | See Source »

...taxes, not to provincial governments, but to the central Government. More important yet, they would pay, not in paper money, but in kind: in rice, wheat, hard grain. With the collected foodstuffs the Government would feed its armies and civilian employes. Inflation and hoarding would be struck a blow at the same time, especially in Szechwan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: The Rice of Szechwcm | 10/27/1941 | See Source »

...game was significant because it was the first time since 1939 that the Academy team had tasted defeat. But to the Yardling's hopes for the rest of the season, it dealt a severe blow when Bill Barron, first string left halfback, was forced out of the affair with a broken...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yardlings Notch First Win, 7 - 0 | 10/27/1941 | See Source »

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