Word: crimp
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Aware that the invasion of Yünnan Province through Indo-China would put a serious crimp in his resistance and would enable the Japanese to cut the Burma Road should the British decide to reopen it, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek announced from Chungking that Chinese troops would counter-invade if Japanese forces were permitted to enter French Indo-China "under whatever pretext and whatever conditions...
...Marvin nearly put a crimp in the Alumni Association's plans for tonight's dinner, when La Guardia, scared by the thought of so many specifies in one evening, almost decided not to come to Cambridge...
When World War II put a crimp in British horse racing and thereby practically dissolved the Irish Hospitals Sweepstakes, many a U. S. citizen wondered who would take over the Irish Hospitals' clientele. For weeks now an increasingly large number of U. S. citizens have stopped wondering. This week officials of the newly organized Nicaraguan National Charity Sweepstakes will draw from the 3,000,000 tickets sold in the U. S., will pay off on the outcome of the Widener Cup race, to be held at Florida's Hialeah Park March...