Word: briefness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Roosevelt lightly passed over the sore old Democratic subject of poll taxes, with a brief mention that the polls should be open to all citizens-"without tax or artificial restriction." And, for the second time in a fortnight, he accused GOPsters of trying to make it hard for U.S. servicemen to vote: "There are politicians and others who quite openly worked to restrict the use of the ballot in this election, hoping selfishly for a small vote...
Tito emerged from underground obscurity for a brief moment during Spain's Civil War. One fall day in 1936 a group of German International Brigaders drove a band of Moors through the village of Palacete near Madrid. In the village was a unit of Yugoslavs, nearly dead from exhaustion. For days they had been hold ing a gorge in rain, mud, under enemy fire. But when they were ordered to retire for rest, one protested bitterly. That one was Josip Broz. Soon afterward, he was among a hand-picked group of Communists withdrawn by the Red Army...
...idea is not a third party, but something similar to LaGuardia's successful Fusion movement, combining the best elements in all parties. Many of us feel we were in no way represented at either political convention. The following are but a few brief reasons why neither candidate appeals...
Eight standing, eight kneeling, 16 policemen aimed well, fired. A straight row of white cut stitched across Caruso's back. The back of his head dissolved. For a still moment the courtyard belonged to death. Then there was a brief babel as photographers rushed in for closeups...
...water from the sea, which may rise 20 feet, the disk roars on at 10 to 50 m.p.h. along the path of least resistance, i.e., in the direction of lowest pressure. In the path over which a northbound vortex passes, the storm first blows from the east, offers a brief lull at its 8-to-10-mile eye, then hits from the west. Average life of a hurricane is nine days...