Word: mountainous
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...desk, in the first day of his 63rd year, rested a mountain of work on domestic issues. This was an old mountain, eroded, weathered, chipped off, but apparently permanent, as none of the home front problems ever seems to get settled. Most important: how much shall the people be told about...
...make this major American study because he was 1) an able scholar, 2) not an American, and thus could look at Negroes with an "entirely fresh mind." Perhaps not since de Tocqueville and Bryce has the U.S. had such an analytical probing by a sharp-eyed foreigner. Sifting a mountain of documentation through a trained academic mind, Dr. Myrdal drew conclusions that will make U.S. citizens either nod or squirm...
Stalemate's End. For 141 days, the Allies had painfully slogged northward over rugged mountain folds. The progress was costly in blood and time, gave the Germans opportunity to fortify new lines...
When he saw his airplane on the ground, Thomas understood why it was a tough landing. The mountain-top collision had knocked the left helf of the tail...
Laboring over the cruel mountain "Hump Route" from India, a U.S. transport plane drew near its China base with 5,000 precious pounds of mail from home. The pilot, Lieut. Roy Thomas, noticed a scudding cloud ahead. Then...