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Word: gird (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...just one year, are forced to take this exam covering the particular branch of history in which they have specialized. Men who began their training in History 5 or 63 back in 1941 or '42 are forced to resurrect their notes and memories and, without benefit of tutorial, gird themselves for a test that may mean the difference between a degree this year, a degree next year, or perhaps, no degree...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: History Lesson | 11/29/1946 | See Source »

...stalled against U.S. insistence on unconditional surrender. Apparently the militarist rulers of Japan, though they might be willing to part with most of their conquests in Asia, would not accept a surrender that meant their end. Apparently Premier Suzuki's words spelled out their determination to gird the nation for a hara-kiri resistance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Desperate Activity | 6/18/1945 | See Source »

CAMP RIDGE, Oct. 6 (BC)--Having done up Brown the soulful strains of "Lamar, Lamar, Lamar," at tonight's pep rally, Crimson supporters will gird their loins to see the Bovine Cowen a play Garrityed to make gran-pappy say, "Geeson, old Eliott to think twice about things, in Casey hopes for a post-season game...

Author: By Hu FLUNG Huey (sp-a), | Title: Hu Flung Huey Flings 'Em | 10/6/1944 | See Source »

...could wreck Term IV. He organized a National Agricultural Committee, set out to "deliver the nation's farm vote" to Tom Dewey in the next five weeks. Roared metaphor-mixing Cotton Ed: "We have taken a nose dive into hell! I have great hopes that a miracle will gird up its loins and try another deal." Next day, the committee folded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pot Boils, Oct. 2, 1944 | 10/2/1944 | See Source »

...Girdler Way. Few U.S. citizens outside of the steel industry ever heard of Tom Girdler until March 1937, when the battle of "Little Steel" began. When U.S. Steel signed a collective bargaining agreement with C.I.O., then bossed by Samson-haired John L. Lewis, Tom Gird-ler's beady eyes bulged with rage. He writes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PRODUCTION: Girdler Writes a Book | 9/27/1943 | See Source »

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