Word: centered
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Jews succeeded in building up a solid coastal fortress, they would then have to make a major strategic decision. Should they lash out at the main center of Arab strength in the hills north of Jerusalem, trying to destroy the Arab armies (which could be steadily reinforced from neighboring Arab states)? Or should the Jews take up a defensive posture on the coast and in Jerusalem, facing endless guerrilla attacks? The Jews' better organization, discipline and tactics had paid off in the early days of the battle for Palestine. But in the long run they knew they could hold...
...bigger. The net result: a few extra patches of public lawn, a few monuments, and Confederation Square, which has so complicated downtown traffic that Ottawans themselves call it Confusion Square. Ottawa, dominated by the anachronistic Gothic buildings of Parliament, has remained frowzy, a city where trains run through the center of town and chuff smoke into the foyer of the best hotel...
...railway station, now in the center of the city, would be shifted to an open field four miles away
...A.S.C. asked the National Opinion Research Center of the University of Denver to find out, by the most approved and careful methods, what its scientist members think about the whole question of "security," loyalty checks and Government service. According to the research center's report, most of them agree that some sort of "security clearance procedures" are necessary. But they believe that a scientist accused of disloyalty or "un-Americanism" should be given an opportunity to defend himself...
...local game. Walt Coulson and Cliff Crosby have both showed good power, and Lennie Lunder and John Caulfield have each hit in the clutch in the last two weeks. Lunder broke up the Colby game with a tenth-inning double, while Caulfield dumped a clean single into center Tuesday to drive in two runs in the ninth against Northeastern...