Word: extended
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Extend territorial waters 300 to 500 miles off shore to be policed by American navies and air fleets...
...Romans, 216 B.C.] and by the Germans against the Russians at Tannenberg in 1914," the proclamation went on to announce that the Wang Ching-wei puppetry was ready to go, China's supply routes from the south were cut, and therefore the Japanese had no desire to extend their occupied areas. "In the future." it concluded, "our forces will wait for offensive moves by the Chinese...
...undefeated Yardlings face a strong Exeter squad in the Indoor Athletic Building pool this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The Crimson first-year men, led by Buss Curwen, Bill Drucker, and Shaw McCutcheon, will be favored to extend their winning streak...
Seen from the air, this go-square mi. patch looks like one sprawling bailiwick, set in the flat expanses of citrus groves, bean and pepper and tomato fields that extend southward to the swampy Everglades. Actually it is divided into three parts. There are 1) the residential suburbs: Hialeah, Coral Gables, Coconut Grove, South Miami (where many a homeowner last week had moved into his garage-apartment, rented his house for the winter season); 2) the city of Miami, lovely in segments but raw-ugly in sum, with its own tolerant government and its flamboyant, perennial "reform" Mayor...
Since modern guns have a range of 15 or 20 miles it might be reasonable to extend the zone slightly beyond that limit, he added...