Word: metes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...they were all tried-the big, obvious criminals and the men who could argue with some justice that they had only obeyed orders.* According to their lights, the victors had done their best to mete out justice...
...however, the Nassau relay squad placed in the Eastern Intercollegiates, and they may easily be a surprise threat in the East this winter. Army's team, always strong, promises to be even more powerful, and Yale, of course, seeks revenge for this fall's grid defeat and hopes to mete it out with a competent squad of swimmers...
...dodge or meet him as he chose. Except for the overworked, ill-equipped fighters of the A.V.G., the Chinese had none. They groped with ground reconnaissance until they met the enemy. And while they fought him foot to foot, they had to take all the punishment which he could mete out from...
Like the Creel Committee, the new Price censorship has no authority directly to mete out punishments or forbid the publication of news. His vast powers are derived chiefly from the Espionage Act of 1917, which is still on the books...
...Among dozens of proposals: measures to mete out life imprisonment, even death to those who foment strikes in defense industries. Only bill that has a chance of being acted upon: the Vinson Bill, which allows the Mediation Board to freeze the status of a plant, pending the Board's decision on a dispute provides for a 30-day "cooling off" period...