Word: dam
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fever, the vitamin-C level in the body goes down; at the same time, histamine in the blood goes up. Histamine is the villain of allergy, for it is an irritating substance normally present in small amounts in the body but formed in large quantities whenever tissues are dam aged - e.g., in the red area around a burn...
...developed at week's end. The Russians had isolated Velikie Luki; they had broken three rail lines and had put four German infantry divisions and one tank division to rout. But, compared to the Stalingrad offense, the Rzhev action was so far only a knocking against the German dam...
...philosophy that when you have a commander in the field, let him know what you want done and then let him alone. I have two other philosophies. One is: Do the best you can with what you have. The other is: Don't worry about water over the dam...
...labor, farm and independent votes-once the keystone of the peculiar New Deal Alliance-had gone Republican. Said one wise old New Deal Congressman last week: "Unless we can reverse this political tide, the Democratic Party faces defeat in 1944. I don't know whether we can dam...
Things began to perk up. Boddy exposed a scandalous misuse of public funds on the projected San Gabriel Dam. He tore into a malodorous municipal bond issue. The reputation of the News for fair dealing grew until in February 1929 it showed its first profit...