Word: strengtheners
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...required to attend the special exercise classes held three times a week, but these classes are also open to anybody who may wish to sign up. They are given for a six week's period by Norman W. Fradd, and include exercises to improve the posture and to strengthen the back...
...militia, and took plane to Rome. For some reason, probably because it had never seen an important prizefight, Rome was wildly excited. Nobody seriously expected much of Uzcudun, the 34-year-old Basque woodchopper whom Carnera had defeated three years ago. Carnera received no money, was merely attempting to strengthen his standing in Italy. But, with a straight face, the New York Times correspondent quoted Carnera...
...Recognition of Russia, although it does not seem to be a factor considered by the administration, will make a tremendous difference in the balance of power in the east. It will so strengthen the Soviet's position in Manchukuo that she can refuse to sell her railroad rights except at a figure many millions higher than Japan has offered for them...
Socialist spokesmen were brutally frank: "We tolerated Dollfuss because he was fighting the Nazis, but the actual result of the government's policy has been to strengthen the Nazi movement enormously. . . . Touch our City Hall and you touch off a general strike. Attempt a Habsburg restoration and you touch off an automatic civil...
...Three, any of the three top men in the "examination" remains eligible for appointment. Moreover, should he so wish, the Postmaster-General was still authorized to throw out the whole first list and call for another from the Civil Service Commission. Real net effect of the "reform" is to strengthen the Postmaster-General's grip on patronage against grasping, ignorant local machine bosses. President