Word: repellant
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...same time, the noted news analyst called upon the United States to repel with force if necessary any attempt to annex Formosa. Terming Formosa vital to U.S. military security in Asia, Kaltenborn said, "We have a naval force in the Pacific and should make it known immediately that we are prepared to use it should Formosa be invaded...
...subjective artist. He is greatly moved by a sunset and transfers his emotion to paper in the form of a vague line which to him means the father and mother of all bones. This interpretation of the sunset is strictly subjective; it does not attract and may repel non-dogs who do not share the artist's experience and digestive system...
Freshmen residing in the Yard are not as optimistic as the police, and vigilante committees have been formed in most halls to repel the Indians. The men in Weld and Matthews Halls will devote most of their attention to holding Dartmouths bent on dousing the statue of John Harvard with green paint...
...Progressive Party have rationalized Wallace's position on Communism and their own embarrassing fellowship with the Communists in the same way that Wallace has rationalized it. There have been signs of restlessness, however. Sooner or later the look of the Third Party's real bosses may repel the sincere non-Communists who are the backbone of the party's voting strength. The bosses may become so obvious that even the blindest Wallaceite will recognize them. Then Wallace will appear to them in the most ignoble role of all: the man who betrayed his friends...
...forces with armed ex-partisans, took several carabinieri prisoners, captured armored cars, posted guns on rooftops, seized the power plant and plunged the city into darkness. In Turin, 30 industrial executives were held as hostages. In Abbadia San Salvatore, in Tuscany, two regiments of government artillery were required to repel workers attacking the nation's main telephone center. At week's end 20 police and rioters were dead and more than 200 were injured...