Word: fall
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Said Bevin: "If the black fury, the incalculable disaster of atomic war, should fall upon us, one power, by refusing its cooperation in the control and development of those great new forces . . . will alone be responsible for the evils which may be visited upon mankind . . ." Swiveling his great bulk toward Vishinsky, Bevin cried: "If the Soviet representative had any feeling for the simple people of Europe or the world, if he were animated by anything but out-of-date, backward, unscientific doctrine, he would be the first to applaud the great, unselfish contribution of the United States to world recovery...
...forces battered and blackmailed their way into Tsinan, capital of Shantung province, last week. The city's fall put the Communists astride a rail and road net to north & south, east & west. The "North China People's Government," recently proclaimed by the Reds, became a reality...
...When Old Friends Meet." The Nationalists had lost more than a city of 600,000. Before the fall of Tsinan, Communist tactics had been to stick to the countryside; now they were ready to accept responsibility for one of China's richest provinces...
...sights of baseball is watching DiMaggio take a practiced look at a ball heading his way, turn, and without a backward look glide to the spot where the ball is coming down, swing around casually and let the ball fall into his glove. Like all champions, he makes it look too easy. "It's just getting the jump on the ball...
...Crimson in Triumph Flashing" was caught on the needle and spinning aimlessly. The football team had that changed too or was it the same the same the same the record was still caught. Vag paced the room, listening to the familiar music rise and fall, over and over, like past years' Yale game hopes. Again he wondered, had the team changed or was it the same same same he jumped up and turned off the turntable. As soon as "Crimson in Triumph" had stopped spinning, he picked it up, centered it on a nail over the mantel, and pushed...