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Word: strains (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Washington and London, China experts thought Hong Kong was going too far in talking of a possible breakup of the Chinese Communist regime. But Red China, they believed, is plainly heading into critical stress & strain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Dragon with Convulsions | 4/7/1952 | See Source »

...Down. You can read more easily and with less strain if your torso is erect. Put a bench or chair on a table and use it as a breast-high lectern. Lean on it all you want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: How to Read Aloud at Home | 3/31/1952 | See Source »

...Radcliffe petition was scheduled for a Council hearing last night, but was automatically dismissed when the Council approved the administration's calendar. The petition stated that under the new schedule there would not be enough time for "recuperation from the strain of exams...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Student Council Backs New Plan to Change School Year | 3/18/1952 | See Source »

...Courage," Ernest Hemingway once said, "is grace under pressure." Look Down in Mercy is a tale of disgrace under pressure. In an uncommonly good first novel, Author Walter Baxter tells the story of an ordinary British captain and how his codes and courage crack wide open under the strain of retreat, ambush and torture in Burma in World...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Man Under Pressure | 3/17/1952 | See Source »

...Radcliffe Council felt that there would not be enough time for "recuperation" from the strain of exams. Radcliffe students were strongly in favor of the protest and the petitions were signed quickly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 29 Candidates File Petitions For Class Day | 3/17/1952 | See Source »

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