Word: strength
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Acheson insisted that the bill contained "the minimum amount required" to equip "the very modest forces" which Europe had on hand. The U.S. was not arming Europe to resist an all-out attack: "What is required is rather sufficient strength to make it impossible for an aggressor to achieve a quick and easy victory...
Last week the Rev. Mr. Crookshank put the strength of that friendship to the test. In his parish magazine, in an article forthrightly entitled "Straight Ahead for the Bonfire," he blazed away at his little flock...
...strength of Mr. Churchill's language is in inverse ratio to his knowledge. It is unfortunate that his words are taken at their face value in other countries. They don't realize that that is just Winnie's way." Attlee was so pleased at this passage that he glanced challengingly at the blazing sun, then set his soft black felt hat on his head and resumed. The Tory platform, he said, was "one of the most dishonest documents I have ever read...
...people from far away in comfortable circumstances. No, no, I participated in it. Those who heard my radio appeals to my homeland know that every hot word of my fury was directed only against the seducers in power in Germany and their crimes. These appeals ... did give consolation and strength to many...
Grown best in the shade at 2,000 feet, ixbut (Euphorbia lancifolia) is a plant which exudes milky sap. It has dark green leaves marked with a white "V." The strength and dosage of ixbut are remarkably uniform: take five leaves or five sections of stem (about five grams) to brew a cup of tea; drink six cups...