Word: impressment
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...maneuvering Spitfires were not the only show of strength which Great Britain had staged to impress China's Communists, whose armies had swept up to Hong Kong's borders. Across the harbor from Hong Kong island, on the flinty, weatherworn mountain of South China's Kowloon peninsula (which the British rule under a 99-year lease), men of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry and the King's Own Scottish Borderers were training to the peak of battle efficiency. Said a brisk regimental commander: "We know our enemy, and we are ready...
Another fact is that RCA's system still does not work well. It has rarely been shown to the public, and does not impress laymen. Different sets show the same scene in different colors. The colors are not at all faithful; they often change suddenly and erratically. Dr. Elmer W. Engstrom, research chief of RCA, admits that the system is still in the laboratory stage. But RCA-men add that the CBS color system has reached its limit: it has no "room for growth...
...reason why he should not continue in power for "a number of years." He talked to Stalin at length four times. "Met face to face, Stalin is not by any means the unattractive personality that some writers have depicted . . . While not tall, he is square and erect, giving the impression of great strength . . . [His] fine dark eyes . . . did not impress me either as 'gentle,' as one observer thought, or 'cold as steel,' as others have remarked, but they are alert, expressive and intelligent ... He seems at times actually benign. There is no question but that...
...Army's cool, detached Quarterback Arnold Galiffa began heaving touchdown passes-three of them in less than four minutes. In the calmer second half (only four major penalties) Army kept its command. Final score: Army 35, Fordham 0. Despite the score, the Rams had shown enough power to impress the experts; it looked as though Fordham would soon have an outstanding football team if it didn't have one already...
Cambridge politicians wound up their Campaigns for City Council and School Committee last night by matching noisy doctrinal parades calculated to impress votes with the energy and imagination they could bring to office...