Word: fainted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week, the first faint cheep from the Administration was heard. It was in the form of a report made by Treasury Secretary John W. Snyder to Congress. Characteristically, it was heavily laced with "buts" and made "no policy recommendations." Nevertheless, it did talk about both a reduction in rates and an increase in personal exemptions-the two main avenues...
...think dubbing her the "world's No. 1 woman writer" is faint praise. For my money, she's the best I've seen, man or woman...
...Roerich, who left Russia at the time of the Revolution, gets faint praise in the Soviet Encyclopedia (1944), though many Roerich paintings still hang in Russian museums. Says the Encyclopedia: "His art is very decorative. His subject matter is taken out of legends, and he treats it in a religio-mystical reactionary style...
...mouth a faint taste...
Patient E.G., 65, was dying of prostate cancer. The disease had spread to his bones and spine. He was paralyzed from the waist down. His legs were doubled up in a spasm and he was faint with pain. Two months ago the doctor began to give him daily injections. The patient was beyond noticing that he was getting a new medicine. But in three weeks he could move his legs. The pain slipped out of his body and he began to eat heartily. Last week, on shaky legs, he walked. Said a neurologist's report on the patient...