Word: fainted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Poland the face of UNRRA was Canada's Brigadier General Charles M. Drury, 33, who commanded the 4th Canadian Division. Drury, a scion of one of Canada's wealthiest families (armaments), had accepted his UNRRA command with a faint dislike of Poland and the Poles. Swiftly and publicly he changed his mind. More remarkable, perhaps, Drury had overcome Polish Government suspicions that UNRRA would be used as a political weapon...
...specifications by local craftsmen. The 16-in. telescope is one of the largest owned by an individual. During the war, when he had to cultivate, irrigate and prune his 1,265-tree, 14-acre orange grove.almost singlehanded, Friend lost some star-gazing time. He now says sadly that "some faint comets probably got away from...
...halls of Fayerweather and South Fayerweather, that smelled only of beer and pipe tobacco, now exude faint traces of Prince Matchabelli perfume. The battered furniture, handed down for cash from generation to generation, has been junked for double beds, ruffled curtains, flowered drapes and potted plants. Hot plates glow busily under home-cooked dinners. Dartmouth plans to erect a lattice fence to hide the disturbing sight of bras and panties drying on the clothesline...
...subcommittee struck all "assurance" of jobs from the President's full employment bill, cut out his right to submit an annual job budget. Amid all the nays and maybes, the one House Judiciary Committee "yea" (extending the Second War Powers Act for six months from Dec. 31) sounded faint indeed. But Harry Truman was mighty glad to hear...
Through newly repaired windows came faint, peaceful sounds from the wrecked city. But as witnesses talked from the stand, the nerves of many a spectator ached for the sound of a scream...