Word: possessed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...towns they have tested their punch. The raid on Lille proved that their punch is deadly. Said the British Press Association's air correspondent: "[The raid] again supports the U.S. claim that their Flying Fortresses are more than a match for any fighter the enemy is known to possess...
...unified commander does not necessarily have to have a "name."* "The history of former wars is replete with instances of the man with a name being chosen, and the selection turning out to be a mistake. . . . The supreme commander should know enough for his task, but he must possess judgment, particularly of men, determination to succeed, stamina . . . and COMMON SENSE...
...entire first period the Crimson failed to possess the ball on the offensive side of the 50-yard stripe . . . It was the same story for the visitors in the last quarter when the losing Harvards dominated the play...
Mysterious emergence out of nowhere is common to viruses. In size they are somewhere between living bacteria and lifeless molecules, and they share some characteristics of each. They crystallize like lifeless matter, but they also possess the astonishing ability to reproduce themselves like living organisms. A virus "generation" probably lasts for only 20 to 30 minutes, so that an eon of virus evolution can occur within a few years on the human time scale. New and fiercer breeds of virus can thus develop from time to time, then vanish. Doctors believe that the virus which caused the worldwide influenza plague...
Great Britain. The British already possess at least 1,500 long-range types (e.g., Cologne...