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Word: relentlessly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Neither Honey nor Sting. It was the Jews' relentless pioneer zeal as well as the pressure of Jewish numbers that troubled and angered the Arab world. But it was numbers that caused the present crisis. Should 100,000 more Jews be permitted to migrate to Palestine immediately from the "displaced persons" camps of Europe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: The Promised Land | 8/26/1946 | See Source »

...avalanche that had fallen upon price controls was only one more in a series of Administration disasters in the current Congress. Through every storm Alben Barkley had been plunged into the heroic task of guiding colleagues no longer inclined to be led. Last week he continued the relentless watch he had stood over the British loan, Selective Service, the atomic-energy bill and a host of favored Administration causes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Dog-Tired Compromise | 7/29/1946 | See Source »

After seven war years the men's singles were as spotty as critics had guessed they would be. But the standard of women's play was high. The women's tournament was dominated by a quartet of California girls, relentless in their success, who all reached the semi-finals of the women's singles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Ladies' Day at Wimbledon | 7/15/1946 | See Source »

Seven UNRRA specialists flew from Italy to Sardinia, island of clannish shepherds and tiny donkeys. From the sky the experts saw what looked like blobs of molasses oozing over green baize. Their task was to stop the oozing-the relentless march of billions of locusts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Beleaguered Island | 5/27/1946 | See Source »

...usual, Fiorello LaGuardia had enraged thousands of New Yorkers, tickled thousands, and fascinated thousands. But he had bored very few. Perhaps that was his secret, even more than his withering frankness and his relentless fight for honest government. Whatever it was, the people knew one thing for certain: after 12 years New York City was losing the best Mayor it had ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: How to Steal a Scene | 11/12/1945 | See Source »

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