Word: rising
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...enemy at a distance until help comes. In the case of an attack by air, they have at least a chance to shoot down the enemy or keep the enemy at such height that it cannot make a sure hit. If it is a submarine . . . [it] can no longer rise to the surface within a few hundred yards and sink the merchant ship by gunfire at its leisure...
...Chemical Division of American Cyanimid Co., Bound Brook, N.J. Reason: the plant produces aniline oil, an accelerator for curing rubber. Management and employes, at the appeal of the National Defense Mediation Board, signed a truce, agreed to keep working while demands for a closed shop and 10?-an-hour rise were negotiated...
Since Hitler's rise, Viereck has taken up his trumpet again, has tooted lustily for Naziism. Several times the Government had turned a piercing eye on him. It hauled him in a year ago for a searching examination, and Viereck, who had properly registered as an agent of a foreign power, apparently told everything there was to tell...
Gustaf Adolf and his escort came to a rise by the river Svir called Mannerheim Hill. As the young Prince stood on the hill Russian artillery shells whistled over his head-and behind him blond men were killed. Yes, he understood why Finns fought...
Index rose to 160.0 (estimated) in the Oct. 11 week, highest since mid-September and 1.6 points above the preceding week's final figure. Main reason for the rise: unusually warm weather which boosted power output to a record 3,290,000,000 kwh., 17.8% above...