Word: regains
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Ensconced in the ancient caves of Yenan, dug into the loess foothills of the Liang Mountains, the Chinese Reds began to recoup their losses and regain their strength. Then, with the Japanese pressing south from Manchuria, the stage was set for a rapprochement between the Communists and the Nationalists. Now a division commander, Lin made his debut against the Japanese the high point of his military career: at dawn on Sept. 25, 1937, Lin's men ambushed the Japanese Itagaki Division in the shadow of the Great Wall. The defeat is still recalled with awe in the bars...
Biting a Bank. The present phase of the conflict started two months ago over a book by former Finance Minister Walter Gordon, who remains an influential leader of Canada's governing Liberal Party. In A Choice for Canada, Gordon argued that the country must act soon to "regain control of our economy." The alternative, he wrote, is to "acquiesce in becoming a colonial dependency of the U.S., with no future except the hope of eventual absorption...
...cent (with most of the freshmen holding up somewhat better); 54 if the general level drops much more than 5 per cent, and this drags under almost all the marginal freshmen. Incidentally, the loss in Democratic votes will understate the drop in "liberal votes; conservative Democrats are likely to regain a few of the seats they lost to segregationist Goldwater Republicans in the South...
...cent (with most of the freshmen holding up somewhat better); 54 if the general level drops much more than 5 per cent, and thus drags under almost all the marginal freshmen. Incidentally, the loss in Democratic votes will understate the drop in "liberal votes; conservative Democrats are likely to regain a few of the seats they lost to segregationist Goldwater Republicans in the South...
...theory of creative federalism was not consciously formulated by Washington, the states or the cities; it grew pragmatically, as officials on every level realized that they need one another's help in wrestling with the problems spawned by urbanization and industrialization. While cooperating with Washington, the states can regain initiative by formulating and carrying out more programs themselves-with Washington's help when necessary, without it when possible. Though the Federal Government certainly has its aggressive apostles of power and centralism, it has largely been moved by necessity in expanding its role in American life. By beginning...