Word: felted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Like a timid swimmer dabbling his toes in the sea, Britain has hesitated to work for full economic, political and military union with Western Europe. The familiar warmth of the imperial sun that never sets felt too cozy to make a plunge attractive...
...diplomats of Jersey Standard, Shell and Texaco were anxiously waiting for Congress to write a law that would give them a freer hand in production, refining and distribution. Always before, the government had felt that Brazilians should control sales in Brazil. Now, with Dutra looking their way, the companies might get a law to their liking...
...Manhattan's Seventh Regiment Armory last week, he played and won his first round match (6-4, 6-2) in the National Indoor Tennis Championship. Even though he was soundly beaten (6-1, 6-1) by top-seeded Billy Talbert in the second round, Dr. Weir felt that he had won a victory. For the first time in history, a Negro had played in a U.S. Lawn Tennis Association-sponsored national championship...
...than a small percentage of U.S. ships. He pointed out that the river was frozen over in the winter anyhow. Casting suspicion on the cost estimates in general, Lodge compared the planning to "a man running across the country like a house afire with his shirt tail out." Saltonstall felt that provisions to give New York control of power facilities were bad for the surrounding states. "New York will take the best of it for itself and turn over what is left to New England," he complained...
Exactly how the novel managed to see the light of day at the very moment when Hitler was preparing to overrun Europe remains a mystery. Some critics have speculated that Juenger's close connections with German army leaders saved his book and his skin; others felt that the Nazi censors were unwilling to admit they had been asleep at the switch. In any case, On the Marble Cliffs remained a thorn in the Nazi side throughout the war. When the Russians were attacked, they translated and published it-though its denunciation of tyranny fits more than one foot...