Word: comely
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Chamberlain, by sacrificing the gangrenous Sudeten areas of Czechoslovakia, has saved the lives of millions of men, women and children. But if it had come to war the invincible British Air Force would have smashed the Nazi and Fascist power for ever...
Subject to a half-dozen contests and recounts for House seats and one Senate seat (Indiana), this was the precise measure of national Republican resurgence. Not one of 103 incumbent Republicans had failed to regain his seat. Of 25 former Republican incumbents who tried to come back. 14 succeeded, whereas of the House's 38 "Young Turks" (150% New Dealers), 14 were gone. Republican gains were made in 23 States outside of the ''too, too solid" South. In eight farm States their ains were 29 House seats, three Senate. In ten Eastern industrial States they were...
...farmers was even more plain. Said Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace: "The outstanding conclusion ... is that people do not like business depressions.... The new Congressmen will probably be correct in concluding that they have a mandate from the people to ... bring about a greater income for farmers. . . . Here they come, fresh from the people. . . . Let's see what they...
When Bobby was elected Captain last year, Vag wondered a bit. He was so little-looking. Ends are supposed to be big and rangy, and Bobby wasn't. When he used to come into Williams' lectures on money and banking last year, Vag used to size him up and speculate a lot. How could this little fellow expect to turn the Cornell, Army, and Dartmouth backs in on end sweeps? How could he expect to grab passes from taller defense men? Vag still can't figure out how he does it, but he does, and it makes him feel warm...
...children come from a child clinic in Brookline, which has kept tabs on their physical development since birth. This year eight prematurely born youngsters have been added to the list, with the object of determining if they exhibit certain personality traits differing from normal children...