Word: strengthed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Ramadier, caught between Communist intransigence and the rising strength of Charles de Gaulle, asked for a vote of confidence. The opposition came mainly from the Communists and the far Right. The Socialists and Popular Republicans voted solidly for Ramadier, and a sprinkle of votes from other parties enabled him to squeak through, by 300-to-280. He had gained a little time; the darkening situation made it seem desperately little...
...Lehut is 43, small, blonde and shapely. She lives and is politically active, to put it mildly, in the grimy suburb of La Courneuve (voting strength: about 8,000) in Paris' "Red Belt." Ordinarily the town politics of La Courneuve are not big news. But last week Renée Lehut made the transatlantic cables by doing something that millions of women do every day. She changed her mind...
Coach Mikkola was blunt last night. "With the strength we have, it is very possible that we might be last." Naturally, the Varsity will huff and puff its hardest over the five-mile Nassau course, but considering the admittedly superior field. Coach Mikkola's statement is not too pessimistic...
Professor Skinner's talk was concerned with "Multiple Sources of Verbal Strength...
Although the Nassau group boasted an exceptionally impressive tonor section, its frequently "late" basses often helped create the suggestion of shouting, rather than meat fortissimo, which already followed failure to use the covered tone device. This technique works for mellowness at the expense of some strength...