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Word: strengthed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Eliot, the dark elephant in intramural football, unveiled its mysterious snake dance plays against the Commuters in a well-matched contact-session; but most of the Mastadons gains came via the air. Dudley showed strength sweeping the ends, although its passes were intercepted by Eliot's radarlike defense...

Author: By Richard A. Green, | Title: Dunster-Deacons Grid Clash Opens Inter-house Fight | 10/15/1946 | See Source »

...expected rebellion of World War II vets turned out to be a dud. Very much in the minority (with only 20% of the voting strength), the youngsters talked like their elders and produced nothing more than a distant threat to the middle-aged hierarchy. World War II vets were content to bide their time. By next October they hope to comprise 80% of the Legion's membership...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VETERANS: Citizens Second | 10/14/1946 | See Source »

...which they could happily agree. Clutching his coat lapel with one hand and stabbing the air with the other, he strode into his 6,000-word speech. First, to a tremendous ovation, he told them he would continue in party leadership "as long as I have the necessary strength and energy and have your confidence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Old Man, New Policy | 10/14/1946 | See Source »

...direction comparable to that achieved by some of the new progressive anti-Marxist parties on the Continent. Staring British Tories in the face was the finding of the latest British Institute of Public Opinion poll: in spite of difficult months in both domestic and foreign politics, Labor's strength had slightly increased...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Old Man, New Policy | 10/14/1946 | See Source »

Probably at least one of the tunnels would be big enough to handle a full-sized super-rocket, testing 1) its reactions on its roaring rise through the atmosphere; 2) its flight through empty space, where utter cold makes many metals lose their strength; 3) its meteor plunge to earth, heated perhaps near incandescence by friction with denser...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Two Million Kilowattsi | 10/14/1946 | See Source »

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