Word: threatened
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Because the U.S. is no more self-sufficient in giraffes, kangaroos and tapirs than it is in silk and tin, U.S. zoomen were greatly worried last week. Animal importations from Africa and Asia have dwindled with war's spread, now threaten to stop completely. Even South American animals are held up by lack of cargo space...
Nevertheless Admiral Jean Decoux, Governor General of French Indo-China, rushed back to Hanoï from his summer capital near Saigon. An attack on French Indo-China would be a fairly safe bit of summer gardening for Japan: it would not immediately threaten either Britain or the U.S., but would bring Japan closer to The Netherlands East Indies and vital Singapore...
...Control the distribution and allocation of all products whose shortages might threaten defense...
...Russian resources as completely as we would like. Short of military cooperation, Russia must occupy a position similar to that which Italy occupies now. Then the infiltration of our military experts and technicians would occur without any trouble. We would also know how to get guarantees that nothing would threaten us behind our backs if we were occupied elsewhere...
Ames was almost unhittable yesterday, but Harvard did threaten in the second, loading the bases on a pair of walks and a hit batsman. Fred Keyes was at bat with a chance to give Waldstein a run or two to work on, but he looked at a third strike. Yale got the lone tally in her half of the second on two clean singles and two passes, all coming after two men were out. The blurred background of reunion classes milling around behind the plate trying to get to shelter before rain came must have upset Waldstein...