Word: ebbs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...draft Tom Dewey at next year's G.O.P. convention. Reason: he could not afford to turn the state over to a Democrat. Such a result would also give Democrats a chance to boast that the Republican tide which set in last year with Tom Dewey has begun to ebb...
...election-year of 1935 Frank lin Roosevelt's popularity stood at a low ebb) compared to his winning plurality in 1936. The same was true, only more so, in midsummer 1939. In both 1935 and 1939 this did not disturb Mr. Roosevelt : he has always maintained, with simple practicality, that the time to be popular is on Election Day. His political henchmen, such as Harry Hopkins, even planned it that...
...eastern horizon. . . . The searchlight beams moved and crossed and then abruptly, on some unseen order, vanished instantaneously, leaving an even deeper darkness. . . . Bright, large sparks occurred among the stars and vanished; they were bursting shells. . . ." When the Blitz was over, the village was spent, spiritually at its lowest ebb...
...such a change Lieut. General Jacob L. Devers, Chief of the U.S. Armored Force, like any other sound soldier, sees no reflection on his tanks, only the result of the ebb & flow of battle doctrine. Said he: "While capable of smashing through the severest obstacle, [the armored division's] most important use is against vital enemy rear areas . . . air, armor, artillery and infantry must be properly combined and their individual capabilities exploited. ... The tank, like the battleship and the airplane, is merely a means of carrying fire power to the enemy...
...escort ships, new aircraft carriers (see p. 65), new defensive techniques, new arms and devices, a new command system were among the Allied answers. But even the most optimistic Allied claims did not predict a turn of the tide before midsummer; other estimates were that the ebb would be later than that...