Word: strengthened
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Deep-rooted in lonely Emma's mind is the notion that humans' when they die, are reborn as animals. Beginning with this seemingly absurd assumption, Thames Williamson creates a series of remarkable coincidences which strengthen the old maid's belief, builds them up to a thoroughly dramatic conclusion which will satisfy the reader who has opened the book with some hesitation...
Conscientious Objections. A bigger danger to Mr. Wallace's much desired amendments came from a group of wilfully conscientious members of Congress. Mr. Wallace, when he offered AAAmendments last year and again this year, explained that they were nothing but at tempts to "refine" and "strengthen" the existing law. In Mr. Wallace's eyes, the amendments doubtless are no more, for in his eyes AAA is simply an authorization from Congress to fulfill his father's desire to give all farmers a good price for their products...
...recognize facts or reject them when forced upon him, Inexperienced minds too easily confuse theory with actuality, and, in particular, are inclined to revolt when reality fails to jibe with theory. But a knowledge of theories--especially of such theories as Marxian socialism--will, in mature contact with actuality, strengthen rather than weaken faith in our American institutions. The only valid objection of those who hysterically denounce "radicalism" in the colleges is against those teachers--and they are rare indeed--who openly condemn, deride or misrepresent our present institutions...
Winthrop beat Dunster yesterday on the Trapelo course to strengthen its hold on second place, but its only possible chance is a tie for first place, while a finish in third place is not improbable...
...judgment of experience was again confirmed when howls of German grief went up at the release in London by Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald of a mild White Paper in which the United States, the Soviet Union, the Japanese Empire and the German Reich were cited as engaged in strengthening their armed forces. The conclusion drawn by His Majesty's Government was that Britain must proceed to strengthen hers. Neither U. S. citizens, Russians nor Japanese howled...