Word: strengthed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Schwellenbach and the WSB that when this union takes a strike vote it means it. Old sister Schwellenbach keeps calling me but he's wasting the taxpayers' money. Even Ma Perkins was better than him. We're not playing politics, we're counting our economic strength...
...emerged from World War II as "the mightiest military power in the capitalist world." But its strength is counterbalanced by the increased strength of the Soviet Union and of Europe's Communist Parties...
...draft-exempt had been siphoned off, the Army expected to get 200,000 draftees by the time the new law expires in April. With a prospect of 150,000 re-enlistments and volunteers to help offset discharges, the Army thought it could just about meet its authorized April strength...
...spite of all, the CDU seems able to claim considerable strength in the Russian zone. CDU leaders, like capable, sincere Chairman Jacob Kaiser, seriously considered boycotting the elections, but finally decided to participate. Their reason in effect was: if we don't participate, it means virtual dissolution of the party. But the Russians probably would continue the party artificially as a stage decoration with weak leaders who would bow to the Russians. On the other hand, our participation may attract the rest of Germany's and the world's attention to the situation in the Russian zone...
Then came the details. Tennant, a believer in "easy does it" tennis, decided that Pauline's strength was in her killer instinct ("She has the quality of a stevedore"). So she strengthened Pauline's weak forehand by cutting two-thirds off the backswing and adding it to the follow-through. Her service was none too robust, so Eleanor Tennant concentrated on placement. When Pauline took her revamped tennis game on tour this summer, the egg was off her face. Teacher Tennant, who has taught them both, glowingly rated Betz above Alice Marble. Most tennis experts are content...