Word: neveral
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...five to 20 years of gradually tapering Allied occupation. As for the Russians, he warned that an East-West agreement on Berlin should not be confused with "a permanent solution to the struggle between communism and democracy." Said Clay: "I don't think that implies war. War would never solve...
...next day, Harry Truman gave his pastor at the First Baptist Church his own explanation for his robust health: "I've had to work so hard all my life I've never had time to get into mischief, and that accounts...
...stake boats at 40 strokes a minute for the first few hundred yards, and then settle into a longer, lower pace for the long pull through the middle of the race. Here the first variation in strategy appears, as the different strokes set the beat. Bill Curwen, for instance, never takes more than 10 sprinting strokes at the start, and then drops the beat all the way down to 31 for the rest of the race...
...stroke does not go up or down on the basis of relative position, because a crew rows against the clock until the final half-mile. Bill Curwen, for instance, would never vary more than one stroke from his usual 31 unless his rivals were hull down over the horizon. Months of experimenting have proved that a Harvard crew works best at that rate...
...chorus must first be praised for its sincerity. More substantial representatives of the British race I never saw, enlightened men all who will see that justice is done. The Defendant, Dan McCook, is a horrid fellow, a real dandy, and the Jury again deserves credit for reading their newspapers rather than listening to his fine voice. The poor, dear Angelina of Joan Dexter is positively radiant in spite of the beastly treatment she has undergone. And though his law's a fudge, justice is competently and wisely apportioned by Judge Arthur Shercliff. So impressed, in fact, was the public with...