Word: certainly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Democratic sweep extended into the governorship races. Before the election, Republicans and Democrats each held 24 states. After elections in 34 states, the Democrats were certain of 27, the Republicans of 17, with four doubtful. Seven governorships shifted from Republicans to Democrats. One and possibly two went from Democrats to Republicans...
...While the danger of war is vivid, partly because of these crises, I am certain we shall stand by our arms. But if this cold war becomes a war of boredom where the danger is shrewdly concealed, then our resolution may be tested by our willingness to maintain arms. If we fall victim to boredom and risk curtailment of our armed strength, we shall destroy the world's only sturdy barricade against the danger of aggression...
...horses and cattle had perished during a heavy fog in Belgium's Meuse Valley in 1930; industrial gases had mingled in the fog, had gone through a series of chemical reactions and resolved into droplets of sulphuric acid. Dr. William Rongaus of the Donora Board of Health was certain that his town's tragedy was also the result of industrial fumes collecting in the motionless, humid air. Said he, bitterly: "It's plain murder." The zinc smeltery shut down. At week's end, the cause of the trouble "was still unknown. But rain had stirred...
First is the notion that "soil cannot be stretched," that each acre has a certain production capacity (Vogt calls it "biotic potential") which cannot be boosted without dire peril. This is the same fallacy that expresses itself in the old saying, "There are only so many slices in the cake." Some businessmen say this when they decide that their markets cannot be expanded and, therefore, should be divided among them in quotas set by their cartel. Some labor unions decide that there are only so many jobs to be divided, and therefore oppose labor-saving devices...
...particles mixed with organic matter and crawling with living organisms, from bacteria to woodchucks. These living things, especially the plants, have more influence on the character of the soil than does the rock or other material out of which the soil was formed. Generally a soil on which a certain kind of vegetation has been growing for a long time develops characteristics which are specially favorable to that sort of plant...