Word: tested
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Test of Leadership. In the House G.O.P. caucus, called by stocky, old-fashioned Minority Leader Joe Martin, House Republicans faced their first big test. They were still a minority, but with the help of a dozen conservative Democrats they could carry any vote. This was the significant fact of the session. Were Republicans ready to share positively the responsibility of control? To the first Republican conference, Martin presented a general declaration of principles. These bound the party to nothing concrete...
...that our countries are united in ideals. . . . To survive this dark hour, civilization has had to mark carefully her enemies. This means that for bright centuries to come she will also remember her friends . . . and conspicuous in civilization's friends is Brazil. . . . The fury of battle is the test of a soldier; the attack from within is the test of a Republic. Hitler failed to wreck London and Moscow from without . . . and he failed to wreck your country and mine from within...
...lighter tank, a General Stuart, followed rank on rank by U.S. gun carriers, tanks, armored cars, combination gun & man carriers in seemingly endless variety, the newest and most formidable mechanized weapons of a nation at war. As they passed, and then returned to perform over the obstacle-strewn test courses of the Aberdeen Proving Ground, a twostar, rain-soaked general muttered: "I'm glad I'm not a German...
University inspectors carry off articles from the kitchens and test them in the Public Health Laboratories from time to time to check on the job of sterilization. In addition to this the University must meet the usual board of health standards, as well as satisfy the tastes of a visiting board of students' mothers appointed by the Board of Overseers who take occasional meals in the dining halls...
...dimout edict, which stressed the necessity for obedience to the Army's regulations and noted "several defects," made no mention of the area blackout that took place before Christmas vacation. Durant, however, stated that, as far as he knew, the test had been near perfect in the University and that he had received no complaints...