Word: loosens
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...that faces these men. Unlike the English Parliament, Congress has refused to prevent the rich from living as usual. It is no wonder that these miners follow Lewis so blindly through his political odyssey. A few decisive measures must follow the President's speech at once. You can't loosen Lewis's hold with threats. You can't mine coal with bayonets...
Something or someone has persuaded the Russian Government to loosen up, let the Russian people know more about their allies' part in the war. Last week...
...coincidence that placed Admiral Darlan in Algiers on the day of the invasion also threw him into the Allied camp. Six weeks later, when a young Frenchman shot him down, he was inextricably involved in the Allies' North African position. Not one move had been made to loosen his hold, or to loosen the ties that bound the U.S. Government...
...Hotel Washington's basement ballroom (first stop) Eleanor Roosevelt strode to a thronelike seat on a small dais. Energetically, the orchestra played the national anthem. That over, the roped-off audience fell into a stiff, embarrassed silence. Eleanor Roosevelt tried to loosen things by suggesting "we all sing something together." But that was not on the program; no one knew what cue to take. Before a song could be organized, the First Lady was away...
...Africa and were about to seize it. If so, the Allies were aiming at a point of constant threat to the mid-atlantic, to Brazil (1,800 miles away) and to vital ports of entry in mid-Africa. But Allied action at Dakar could scarcely relieve Russia or even loosen the German hold on the Mediterranean...