Word: felt
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...number of enemy planes it may bring down but by its effect upon the morale of the enemy, forcing him to fly so high that he loses his effectiveness against his own target. Since the targets were only one-quarter the size of actual airplanes, it was felt that the land batteries did well to hit them...
...conducted upon students at George Washington University (TIME, Aug. 24) came to a close after all those tested had maintained a state of voluntary insomnia for 60 hours. Two of the students, Watson Monroe and Lester Petrie, continued without sleep for 20 hours more. Then, still protesting that they "felt fine," they were bundled...
When she found herself the wife of a convict she suddenly felt the old yearning coming back. Her husband became in her eyes a hero; the other man was set aside while she helped her mate in trouble. Presently he was cleared and she fell into a vast embrace. The convict returned with a sigh to his carpet slippers...
Last week his chance came. He had sold all his property and belongings. He had also sent his spouse to relatives for a vacation. Came a day when all the village was busy harvesting; Moujik Grachev felt in his trousers pocket, extracted a box of matches, toyed with it nervously, then flitted about the village setting fire to the houses. Back scampered the village population. Grachev welcomed them by firing a shotgun at them. Seventeen people dropped dead, many others groaned from their wounds, 13 of the village's 14 houses were burned to the ground. Grachev fled...
Specimen Great Moments. "He ['Big Boy'] felt he had known her [Nora] always...