Word: regains
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Through Kennelly, shrewd little Jake Arvey hoped to regain the losses which the Democrats had suffered in November, start his new machine off right, still fueled by the mayoralty...
With the return of coach Barnaby this year, and a large turnout of Varsity aspirants, a squad is being formed which is out to regain the position of prominence held by former teams from Cantabrigia on the Charles...
...Nazi war machine expired, the U.S. heart seemed to soften. In February 1945, the U.S. met with other American republics in Mexico City to open the gate for U.N. Argentina was not invited. The Act of Chapultepec, however, pointed the way back into the fold. Argentina might regain the family bosom if she 1) agreed to a system of collective security in the Western Hemisphere, 2) wiped out Axis commercial influence and deported Axis spies, 3) declared war on the Axis...
Then the "dead" father turns up, the mere bandaged victim of a whack on the head; and Christy sinks from a hero to a butt. To regain his stature, he tries to murder his "da" all over again; but to Pegeen, a dirty squabble in her own backyard is something quite unlike derring-do at a distance. She scorns to marry Christy; and he, now bossing his father as fiercely as his father once bossed him, sets off with the old man, from Ireland's "Western World," for home...
...crowd roared Land of Hope and Glory, with Churchill hoarsely joining in. It was clear that the grand old man had given the party fresh spirit. But had he satisfied the party's "Young Turks"? If, indeed, the party did regain power, what was to be done about the nationalization already in effect? Said one young delegate: "We can't very well unscramble that omelet...