Word: moments
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...great and exciting moment. President Roosevelt's office was jammed with newshawks. He held up a mimeographed sheet and owlishly informed them that the State Department insisted that "Commissar" be spelled with one "s." Then he ceased jesting, and blurted out the blunt fact: the United States of America had entered diplomatic relations with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics at ten minutes before midnight the previous day. The historic date...
...Roosevelt sent to the Senate a brief, earnest request that that body consent to U. S. adherence to the World Court. "The movement to make international justice practicable and serviceable," wrote he, "is not subject to partisan considerations. ... At this period in international relationships, when every act is of moment to the future of world peace, the U. S. has an opportunity to throw its weight into the scale of peace...
...professor adjusted his glasses, cleared his throat, and, without speaking, began to thump through the pages. In a moment he looked...
...nitrate's oxygen. Once detonated, however, nitramon explodes with 40% more force than TNT. It costs less than some grades of dynamite. The company claims that it is impervious to cold, works under water, should make quarry blasting and coal vein stripping completely safe up to the moment of "shooting." Politically timely was the assurance that nitramon's value is strictly limited to peacetime...
...candidate will be kept in competition longer than necessary to prove his worth. Those who fail to demonstrate ability will be cut at the moment they show definite signs of inability. Most of the work may be done outside of the building and a minimum of time will be required each evening for the reading of the contributions of the candidates...