Word: probe
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Italy the brisk action of recent weeks simmered down. The high command told the story of one 24-hour period in 15 words: "Fifth and Eighth Army patrols continued to probe enemy positions and several sharp clashes resulted." And in these little actions death came to a few young...
...never expected to be. Your relations with the Assistant Deans, unless your case is pending action by the Administrative Board, will be anything but official; who knows, ya may even get to see a full Dean some day. Your life as a reporter will be a happy one; ya probe, ya investigate, even expose. As a newsman ya write almost anything. Vying with the Jester and Mickey Sullivan for local honors, your life will be one of night tramps through the byways of University life, distracted only by rivers of six per cent beer...
...military decision seemed still remote. London continued to probe anxiously for a political formula that would satisfy all groups. In Parliament, Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden restated the Government's case in firm, friendly tones: Britain had gone into Greece with prior U.S. and Russian approval. It sought no economic or strategic advantage for itself, although it was true that Britain had an interest in the Mediterranean. Added Eden: "Our aim is to maintain law & order, to establish a Greek Government broadly representative of all opinion in Greece, including EAM. . . . The first task of the Government will...
...several million dollars in war contracts had gone to the company. The committee noted that Lieut. Colonel Heller was at the time attached to the office in charge of contracts and loans in the area. This was enough to cause the Senate to hold up approval until it could probe deeper in its own hearings...
...third probe, FORTUNE asked: "Regardless of what you hope, who do you think will...