Word: lended
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...revolutionary government. A former professor of political science, Moreno was a helpful hand in toppling the corrupt regime of President Zamora and aided the rise to power of Angel Bello, the people's hero. Bello rewards Moreno by making him a puppet president, whose essential task is to lend the revolution a respectable imprimatur...
Hath, with the courage which the heart did lend...
...Russians still remember the life-saving performance of the 362,000 American trucks that they received during World War II under Lend-Lease. Oldtimers also recall that in 1930, under the original Henry Ford, the company helped the Soviets build a plant that for a while turned out the Model A. The Soviets now are getting ready to build a $2.2 billion automotive plant in the Tatar Republic between Moscow and the Urals; they say that it may become the world's largest truck factory (the biggest so far was opened by Ford Motor last August in Louisville...
Handy began talking about girl jockeys. "I call 'em jockettes," he said laughingly. "They lend color to the races. I don't mind if they compete, but I don't think they're too much competition. It's a boy's game. I don't think they're strong enough to handle a rogue who lugs in and out. They get along okay with easy riders, though." Handy waved to a woman in the next section of box seats. "Hi, honey," he called...
...situation only seemed to lend a sense of increased urgency to the task of the Crimson varsity, and when Harvard jumped off to a quick three-seat lead right off the stakeboat, the race was already decided...