Word: bottomly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Government declared a rail freight and express embargo, effective May 10, on all shipments except food, fuel and a few other essentials. Most industries could no longer ship or receive materials. Rail lines were ordered to curtail passenger service by half, effective May 15. Several lines, close to the bottom of their coal piles, took off trains at once...
...woman brought out another tray of weeds and rice husks. A fine whitish powder covered the bottom...
...Hunt and his company of 235 men were landed on Peleliu one dawn; forty-eight hours later, only 78 of them were alive. Most of an entire platoon of his, racing to the assault, had suddenly felt the ground collapse under them, and had found themselves wallowing at the bottom of a mammoth tank-trap, while Jap machine-gunners literally ripped them apart. The other rifle platoons stormed their way onto a nearby point of the island-and found themselves cut off. When, at last, relief came and Captain Hunt and his handful of men staggered back to the beach...
Optimism over peace prospects was high, as 66% of the Deacons predicted no conflict with the Soviet Union within the next 25 years. The President's stock hit bottom us 87% of the ballots saw Truman defeated for reelection...
...passed it along: "Red Army troops are evacuating Iran amid many expressions of love and admiration at mass meetings of the people. . . . From Meshed Comes a bulletin: ... 'as our dear guests by their good behavior left pleasant impressions . . . the Iranian people love the Soviet people from the bottom of their hearts...