Word: intact
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...World War II in the American magazine last week: "We never would have been attacked by the Japanese if we had not given them provocation. ... If we had kept out of the immediate conflict, we could have put our sword down on the table, with our economic resources intact, and made a decent peace when the time for peacemaking came. I never believed Britain was in danger of defeat. When Germany attacked Russia, it made a British victory possible...
...amoebae are still intact and outwardly unchanged, but something bigger than themselves has taken charge of their lives. When all the volunteers have arrived, the cell mass pokes up in a blunt spire, then falls on its side and forms a sausage-like "slug." As soon as the slug is formed, it acts like a multicelled animal, crawls with comparative rapidity and good coordination. It even has senses of a sort, for it is attracted by light...
...Navions were made, only 841 sold. But Dutch Kindelberger feels that Navion production kept his staff together till North American could acquire a backlog of $177 million in military contracts, enough to keep the company virtually intact. But Kindelberger did not get off the griddle fast enough to avoid a serious burn. On the Navion, North American lost around...
...opinion a woman of the streets. The girl got her car into gear, backed it out, drove ahead of the Buick and then went into reverse. There was a horrible crunch, but she had aimed badly. Now her Oldsmobile had a big hole in the trunk; the Buick was intact...
Though not the most striking of Mayan "Old Empire" ruins, Bonampak is remarkably well preserved. Three stelae (record stones) have fallen on their faces, protecting their elaborate carvings from weather damage. Three intact inner rooms contain the most perfect specimens of Mayan fresco painting. In full color, Mayan kings, priests and warriors parade across the walls carrying umbrellas, waving fans, blowing horns and beating drums...