Word: repelling
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Point of the Papal letter was to repel a recent charge by Giovanni Giurati, Secretary of the Fascist Party, that Italy's Catholic Action "pursues political ends...
...this moment, when a battle is about to begin upon the result of which the salvation of our country depends, no one must look behind. All must unite to attack and repel the enemy. Any troops finding themselves unable to advance further must hold their ground at all costs and must fight until death. No retreat...
...pigsty, cuddling a teakettle and singing at the top of his voice: They said I was a beauty once, Why don't they say it now? And when attempts were made to raise him up, he persisted in crying out, 'Father, the Sepoys are coming! Let us repel them!"3 In the recipes for drinks Editors Hunt & Chappell stick strictly to business, except for one slip: Kummel Ye Faithful. Only venture into antiquity: the "authentic and secret recipe" for the Ramos Fizz...
...white obscurity behind which, from nowhere on the battle line's port quarter, torpedo planes approached wing-to-water, theoretically launching torpedoes at the dreadnaughts from close astern, wheeling back through the smoke to safety when their work was done. Planes catapulted from the battleships sought to repel these two types of attack but were greatly outnumbered. Though obviously favored by perfect weather and the arbitrary plan of the "battle," the Navy's overhead forces had easily "stolen the show." As a final touch, a plane from the Saratoga equipped with a special hook flew...
With prodigious swoops and rushes, great flocks of Army airplanes sped westward across the land last week. A hostile army had seized San Francisco, was rapidly invading northern California, repel them, huge bombers roared cross-country from Langley Field, Va. Tiny pursuit planes streaked away from Selfridge Field Mich. Attack planes skimmed off from Fort Crockett, Tex. At Mather Field, Sacramento, these squadrons converged with others from Seattle and San Diego to form an air force of nearly 200 battle planes, the largest gathered together in the U. S. since...