Word: bout
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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President Roosevelt last week set up the Office of Lend-Lease Administration, with snow-crested Edward R. Stettinius. Washington pun haters, noting the bureau's initials, grimly girded themselves. But after their bout with the initials of the Office of Facts & Figures (OFF), the town's punsters seemed exhausted, could offer little but "Praise OLLA...
...disease is not caused directly by streptococci but seems to be an allergic response to their activity. After one attack, a patient is not immunized, but grows more susceptible. Afterwards, any slight streptococcal infection may bring on a new bout of fever...
Though Nova's handlers were demanding that the bout be continued, Dr. William H. Walker, the Commission physician, examined the challenger's cuts about the nose and eyes and deeded that he would be unable to continue...
...long bout of Leon Henderson v. Bill Knudsen over control of automobile production, SPAB stepped in, stopped the fight, raised Leon's arm. Henceforth Henderson has full authority over quotas for automobiles and all other consumers' durable goods. This week he used his new powers to set the December quota at 204,848 passenger cars, 48.4% under December...
...Thet's 'bout all fer now, colts,--be seein' you 'round the range...