Word: rend
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...clouds of war which hover overhead now. And in those twenty-five years, Europe is thinking, what would Germany be doing? She would be rearming, strengthening herself militarily; economically; politically. Ten years and she would leap at the throat of France like a mad yet desperate dog, ready to rend from her her very life, or, if that were impossible, as much as she could safely tear off and carry away. The non-aggression pact would see the fate of many another treaty which has become inconvenient to German aspirations and intolerable to the German General Staff...
...floor of the Federation's Tampa convention this autumn. If he wins, John Lewis will be a figure to be reckoned with in U. S. Industry. If he loses, he is likely to pull his eight allied unions out of the A. F. of L., historically rend U. S. Labor...
...There are many scenes that rend my heart. . . . Many of those leaving the village are carrying with them as much of their belongings as they can carry despite the danger. It is a true hell of heat and explosions. I think an estimate of 2,000 killed is too many; 1,000 would be more accurate. ... I never want to go through this again...
Fred Astaire pirouettes gracefully, his whirling legs rend the air to the tune of the Carioca. He taps one foot and then the other to the floor, and it is impossible to hear any discordance between the music and his dull thuds. Surprisingly enough his partner in the dances. Ginger Rogers, puts up an excellent front, and though she is not in the same class as Mr. Astaire, second honors are hers...
...women who rend TIME are freaks, I had best try and get my better two thirds in a side show...