Word: roughly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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However, he emphasized that rain would not postpone any of the regatta events. The only condition of weather which would postpone an event is extremely rough water he said...
...burn their homes. Over 4,000 had gone to jail for refusing either to serve in the armed forces or to be classified as conscientious objectors; Witnesses claimed they were all ministers of the gospel. But the Witnesses had thrived and multiplied a bit on a diet of rough treatment...
...midst of another rough bout with infantile paralysis, the worst since 1916. By last week there were 5,622 cases, some 1,600 more than at the same date in 1944 (the previous runner-up to 1916). Hardest hit: the South and Middle West. Minnesota had an epidemic (965 cases), and the disease was severe in Texas, Ohio, Florida, Colorado, Illinois, Alabama, Missouri...
...directors of Republic Steel Corp. decided to give rough-&-tumble Board Chairman Tom Girdler a $51,000 boost over his regular $175,000 salary. At first they gave it to him in the form of an annuity, which they thought was exempt from taxes. But when the Board of Tax Appeals ruled that the sum was not exempt, Tom Girdler surrendered the annuity for cash...
Vigorous Bill Donovan was beaten by Herbert Lehman for Governor in the 1932 Roosevelt landslide. But Bill Donovan was a smart campaigner. He could be either rough or dignified, depending on his opponent. He was also as well known as any New York Republican except Tom Dewey himself...