Word: regain
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...behalf of State, for the executive branch can wield more power more quickly than a United States Senator. So far during the last few months that power has been used to the nation's detriment, and election or no election, we hope that those who operate State will soon regain their courage...
...could have created them with a natural but eternal destiny, i.e., like infants who die unbaptized, they could live a life of natural happiness after death, without beholding God face to face; 3) they might be rational beings who sinned against God but were never given the chance to regain grace, like evil angels of the Fall; or 4) they might have received supernatural gifts and kept them, leading the paradisiacal existence of Adam & Eve before they ate the forbidden fruit...
When Colonel Miller filed against him in the senatorial primary this year, Harry Byrd set out to regain lost ground-particularly in cities like Norfolk and Richmond, which have expanded and become more liberal since the war. He waged the most energetic campaign of his life, bitterly attacked Harry Truman, and denounced Miller both as a Trumanite and (almost as appalling) a former Rhodes Scholar. When the vote for 1,691 of 1,783 precincts was in last week, Byrd had run up a lead of 87,000-the biggest contested primary margin in Virginia's history...
...rolling phrases, he sounded at once the call to a great political crusade: "A crusade to which all sound and patriotic Americans, irrespective of party, may well dedicate their hearts and minds and fullest effort. Only thus can our beloved country restore its spiritual and temporal strength and regain once again the universal respect...
Ezzard Charles was a five to one favorite to regain the crown from Jersey Joe Walcott in tonight's heavyweight championship fight. If Charles comes back, it will be the first time a heavyweight has retaken the crown after once dosing...