Word: contains
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...contact with the retiring foe. To the British, who had been driving on Akyab for two dreary years, the disease-ridden town at the mouth of the Arakan River seemed like something at the end of a rainbow. Now they were within sight of it, and in position to contain...
Shell-loading by hand is a slow, delicate process in which molten TNT is poured, cooled, hardened, and packed into shells a little at a time to prevent formation of air cavities that may cause premature explosion. Even after such care, many finished shells contain small cavities, must be melted out and repoured...
...pioneering study may lead to explanations of some of the "fundamental riddles of science"; e.g., the nature of life, the meaning of genius, etc. Says he, quoting Samuel Coleridge: "This history of a man for the nine months preceding his birth would probably be far more interesting and contain events of far greater moment than all the three score and ten years that follow...
...best Allied hope was to contain the offensive, bring up massive reinforcements capable of destroying the German forces. In General Eisenhower's favor was the fact the enemy was now out in the open-not in the fortifications, river lines and prepared defenses of the Westwall. From the tone of his proclamation to his troops, Eisenhower seemed to think the job could be done...
Most citizens were less interested in the violation than in the timing of the WPB blast. The violation occurred during April, May and June. But WPB managed to contain its wrath until Nov. 10-three days after the election...