Word: swamp
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Like two vast prehistoric monsters lifting themselves out of the swamp, half-blind and savage, the two great totalitarian powers of the world now tore at each other's throats. But the time gained was no gain unless urgent use was made of it. No good use would be made of it if the U.S., pleased to see Naziism fighting Communism, relaxed its defense efforts...
...also believes that the U.S. must plan for a long war. And he believes that the democracies will win, but, not unless they swamp Hitler with production, while maintaining morale by avoiding inflation. He believes, in short, in what he considers the lessons of history...
Coach Mercer Beasley's Princeton tennis team swept every match to swamp the Crimson Varsity 9 to 0 Friday afternoon on the Divinity Field courts...
When the First Brigade got to Guantanamo, it debarked in a juicy mango swamp near the Navy station. General Smith took one look at underbrush that no man could walk through, began snapping peremptory messages to Washington. Soon building materials and half a dozen bulldozers arrived from the States. The Marines prepared for housekeeping...
Mild was the temblor felt in Mexico's capital compared with the spasm that shook provincial cities. Mexico City, reclaimed from swamp, rests on a shock-absorbing cushion of mud. The earthquake's center was on the Pacific Coast, between Manzanillo and the beach resort of Acapulco. From there it spread fanwise through the hills, north to Jalisco, south to Oaxaca...