Word: boredly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...COMINCH" corridor, on the second "deck" forward of the Navy Building in Washington, leads to the austere office of the fleet Commander in Chief, Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King. Down this formidable channel, one day recently, steamed Vice-Admiral Aubrey Fitch. He bore with him a topside-shaking plan...
...causes of war only when all the Big Powers agree that world peace is en dangered. The section finally agreed on gives a future Hitler a little less chance to prevent intervention simply by assert ing that his policies are "domestic." The principle of domestic jurisdiction bore importantly on future colonial questions, and Britain insisted on the restriction...
...Canada's campaigns are dull and dreary, highly moral and a fearful bore. . . . Perhaps it has something to do with our climate. The cold of Canada freezes the warm blood of our whimsy and freezes the warm phrase on our lips before it can be heard. The unthinking man will say that this is all to the good, that politics here is kept on a high plane of dignity and decorum. . . . On the contrary, politics, in our cold, undiluted form, bore us so much that . . . often politicians can hardly get a meeting together. . . . One prominent candidate found himself addressing...
Wallace, whose hurling has spearheaded the team all year, turned in another fine performance. Aside from his work at the plate, he bore down in the clutch to keep Tufts under control, and fanned nine of the visiting batters...
Hirohito was more successful when he decided to marry for love. Despite the opposition of the court, he chose a young noblewoman, Princess Nagako of the Satsuma clan, which was then outside the strict circle of families eligible for imperial matches. In due time she bore him five daughters and two sons, the eldest-born being Crown Prince Akihito...