Word: swamped
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Stout wanted to rouse hatred against those Germans "who accept, either actively or passively, the doctrine of the German master race . . . [or] who, reluctant to join the Nazis, nevertheless failed, through lack of courage or conviction, to prevent the Nazis from . . . plunging the world into this filthy swamp of destruction." In other words, hate most of Germany...
...Swimmers Swamp Andover...
Earl Brown's varsity slipped badly in the second half with the Blue tying the score at 24-all and then keeping on the victory road to swamp the Crimson in a late hour rally. Captain Bunks Burditt and Dean Hennessy did half the Harvard scoring with ten points apiece, but Columbia captain Les Martens led the game scoring with 14. Walter Budko totaled 18 points...
...planning to do for her Caribbean colonies (Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad, etc.). The British scheme includes buying up colonial products just as the U.S. is now buying Brazilian coffee and Peruvian cotton, and let the Caribbean countries use the cash for made-work projects such as road building and swamp clearance. Such a subsidy will cost Britain $24 million per year in the Caribbean, but might cost the U.S. less than $20 million in Central America...
...ubiquitous swamp cattails. Just before they burst into full-blown feather, the brown seed clumps can be milled into lightweight, water-resistant fluff suitable for stuffing and padding-and expected to work satisfactorily in life jackets. The discovery of this homely substitute is credited to Dr. Charles Frederick Burgess, thinker-tinker president of Burgess Battery Co., 1942 winner of the Acheson Medal, electrochemistry's highest award...