Word: repellant
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...position to permit a French army, for example, to traverse German territory for the defense of the Little Entente against Russia; for such an action would incur Russia's enmity and might lay Germany open to an invasion which she would not be in a position to repel. The case in point was determinable, not by any lack of sympathy for the League, but by the "sheer facts of Germany's situation...
...present New York's rediscount rate at 3%, is the lowest in any of the world's money markets. This will serve, in the long run, not only to repel foreign capital from this country, but to send our own capital to the more profitable foreign money markets. America's career as a genuine international centre of finance has begun...
...crew of 328 and the 36 officers were already asleep. He finished his letter and was sealing it when a great explosion shook the ship and she immediately began to list. The Captain rushed to the deck and amid the confusion issued orders to post sentries to repel boarders. There were no boarders, but the forward magazines had exploded and the Maine quickly sank in the waters of the harbor, carrying with her 262 men and two officers...
...tormented and afraid young man who runs away to war, and returns, the victim of his weakness, to find his former sweetheart. For a time the girl supports him, but after much unhappiness he runs away again to join the colors. Mr. Paul has chosen a theme to repel most readers, but admitting the character of his plot, he has infused it with dignity and pathos, without any descent into melodrama...