Word: strong
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...afternoon a strong flood tide against the wind made the water very rough. The first two combinations rowed down to the submarine base, where they met with high waves, and both shells shipped a great deal of water. With no floats downstream at which they could land to empty the shells, the craft were forced to return to the boat house with over two inches of water aboard...
...morning workout on Saturday was very light with the two shells paddling downstream to the submarine base and back at a beat seldom exceeding 24. The Thames was quite rough, with a strong southeast wind whipping up white caps before the rain started...
Last week the Cooperative Union Congress-representing the collective-buyer horde-met 4,000 strong in West Hartlepool. Soon the delegates were furiously debating whether to continue in active alliance with the British Labor Party...
...Mussolini's character and personality carry a strange fascination to Americans . . . especially among the higher classes. . . . It is my opinion that whatever Italy might ask today of American financiers would be conceded without questioning, for Americans like strong peoples...
...bicycle's wing skeleton is made of chrome molybdenum, that strong, light, beautifully tempered metal whose high value was discovered during the War, which has become important in airplane construction. This framework is covered with noninflammable celluloid upon the surface of which are distributed many "feathers" (strips of the molybdenum). The whole machine weighs 117 pounds, can be built...