Word: countless
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Though in the past eight weeks the Red Army has recaptured countless acres of rich wheatland, its bulk still remains in enemy hands. Not until 1944, and perhaps later, will the little man's dinner pail be well filled...
...worse killer than cancer, high blood pressure each year causes the death of countless thousands of its estimated 6,000,000 U.S. victims. Last week a reassuring new manual for laymen reported that modern medicine can do much to tame the disease. Written by able specialist Dr. Irvine Heinly Page of Indianapolis this extraordinarily readable book (Hypertension; Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, Ill.; $1.50) is calculated to calm most panicky patients...
...referring here to the countless wires for flower decorations, the millions of long pins necessary to keep the hats in place, the huge tonnage of glue for fixings, the untold quantity of rubber and elastic bands sometimes used instead of pins, the miles of lace going into veils...
...bringing ruin to peoples and nations, we turn, O Jesus, to Thy most loving Heart as to our last hope, O God of Mercy, with tears we invoke Thee to end this fearful scourge; O King of Peace, we humbly implore the peace for which we long. . . . Pity the countless mothers in anguish for the fate of their sons; pity the numberless families now bereaved of their fathers; pity Europe, over which broods such havoc and disaster. Do Thou inspire rulers and peoples with counsels of meekness; do Thou heal the discords that tear the nations asunder; Thou Who didst...
...Russell has no idea whether Strand's planet is habitable, but he believes it is now clear that among the billions of stars there must be countless dark companions capable of supporting life. Reporting his conclusions in July's Scientific American, he observes...