Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...certain that Mr. Chamberlain's quiet aversion for the Soviet Union, plus his long standing resolve to draw Britain, Germany, France and Italy into a common accord at the first opportunity, made the inclusion or exclusion of Moscow from any pending Czechoslovak settlement the most difficult point in the discussions at Paris last week. French Premier Edouard Daladier, although his personal estimate of the Soviet Union and Joseph Stalin is much the same as that of Neville Chamberlain, considers that Russia is potent and that France must have, in addition to Britain, another potent ally...
Said Dr. Brockway, who has scientifically pulled more legs than any other physician in the world: "I have no hesitancy in stating that in the hands of competent men this operation is safe and practical when the lengthening is done below the knee." Lengthening of the thigh is more difficult because the muscles are tougher and resist stretching, and the position of the nerves makes any slight infection dangerous...
...England, and that the hopes of the Irish exiles, of "Bonnie Prince Charlie," were to triumph. But the English fleet still ruled the seas, and French colonies in Canada and India were soon to be lost despite Fontenoy. In A Day of Battle, Sheean (Personal History) set himself the difficult task of both describing the brilliance of this victory and illustrating its historic unimportance...
...Wall Street this easy sale, in a period when stock flotation had never been so difficult, produced two reactions. Financial World dubbed Philip Morris "a coming blue chip." Cynical tobacco stock specialists, however, were still unconvinced. Noting that more than two-thirds of Philip Morris sales are urban, they wondered whether, with its sophisticated slant, it would ever have truly national appeal. And they shook gloomy heads over the action of New York City (where Philip Morris sells one-fifth of its smokes) in imposing a 1? a package cigaret tax two months ago. Other cigaret companies could pass this...
...Jayvees, however face the most difficult encounter of the year. Out-rowed by Navy and Syracuse, stroke Bill Rowe's crew meets a powerful Eli outfit which is almost as good as the Yale Varsity. The Crimson eight has been noticeably ragged in its workouts...