Word: potently
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Potent Unitarian Bradford, however, was in no mood for such tiptoe tactics. "We must have a central Christian pur pose,", he warned. ";A faith which believes in everything believes in nothing. If Unitarianism is.to be merely a secular debating society, let's take the word 'faith' out of it. I cannot worship the mind...
...Reader Ripley's memory has wandered slightly: the stylish Bank Exchange's presiding genius was Duncan Nichol, and potent Pisco Punch ("Two, and you'd hug a wildcat") was his invention. Pisco John's was a sailors' pub a few blocks away...
When members of the potent Du Pont family began buying into Butler Bros, two years ago, many a Wall Streeter thought "smart money" had moved in, and jumped aboard. They liked it even better when the smart money brought in a smart new president, handsome, hustling G. Robert Herberger (TIME, Aug.11, 1947), a onetime clerk in St. Cloud, Minn. (pop. 25,000) who had made a big name in retailing...
Briefly, the theory is this: Instead of having a few power hitters on your team, you make a distinct effort to have nine average hitters, all as equally potent as possible. This may seem a bit ludicrous, until you stop and consider the effect upon the opposition's strategl...
...prime casualty of Argentina's economic crisis has been Juan Peròn's old dream of hemispheric influence and prestige. Two years ago, Peronista pesos and propaganda were potent in many parts of Latin America. Last week, with Argentina virtually broke, the grandiose hope that Peronismo could be exported, and that Argentina might lead other nations to a cozy "third position" between the U.S. and Russia, had gone glimmering. Never too much liked by her poorer neighbors, now blamed for highhandedness and unfulfilled promises, Argentina found herself without a real friend in South America...