Word: deepest
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week the first finger of the Allied hand jabbed deepest into the softening Japanese defenses. At its tip were jungle-wise troops of the Chinese 22nd Division under General Lee Tao, who had marched and fought 210 miles through roadless terrain in two months; and U.S. troops seasoned with veterans of Merrill's Marauders, now gathered in an outfit ominously named Mars Task Force. Commanding it was Brigadier General John P. Willey, who had conquered Myitkyina...
...freeze of worsteds is scheduled to last until June 2. This will not affect consumers immediately. But it will probably mean less tropical weight worsteds for men's suits next summer, and a reduction in woolen goods for all civilians next winter. Deepest cut will come in blankets, women's wool suits and dresses, men's suits and overcoats, underwear and socks. The worsted and woolen shortage will increase demands for cotton and rayon, thus will affect the entire supply of clothing...
...than a nation; it is an historical and biological order . . . into which . . . one enters by birth, never to be released until the last day but one. A Jew who steps up to the baptismal font . . . deserts . . . from the side of the weak and the persecuted . . . from Israel's deepest origins, from Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. . . . [He] deserts Christ Himself, since he arbitrarily interrupts his historical suffering - the penance for rejecting the Messiah...
Extend our deepest sympathies to our misunderstood, despairing soldiers...
Whatever verdict time and the critics might place on My Country, there was no question but that it was immediately effective on its first hearers. It was also full of resonance, and even its more awkward, elocutionary passages had the ring of sincerity. It made its deepest impression as an attempt to bring poetry back to the general understanding of Americans, to make its language that of the commonalty of citizens...