Word: thrust
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Urging the United States to fight it necessary to stop Japanese aggression towards the south, American Defense, Harvard Group yesterday adopted a resolution which stated that American security "depends upon successful resistance to the Japanese thrust...
...Suddenly in mid-February came the news that Britain and Australia were expecting a quick Japanese thrust at the Indies-and the U. S. promptly...
Russia's refusal to oppose Germany's thrust was revealed as high quarters in Sofia admitted that "it was only a matter of days" before Germany moves toward Greece by way of Bulgaria and perhaps down through Jugoslavia as well...
While Seasoned Cooks Ben Butler, Gelett Burgess, Ole ("Hellzapoppin") Olsen, and Rube Goldberg looked on, ex-Congressman Bruce Barton thrust a spoonful of his best spaghetti between the large lips of Illustrator Arthur William Brown, which thereupon smacked noisily, made other sounds indicating that Adman Barton had proved himself worthy of membership in Manhattan's Society of Amateur Chefs...
...absurd game of Truth or Consequences, Heavyweight Lou Nova ran a foot race, impeded by a hastily donned corset. The most implausible feature of the entertainment came when, as another Consequence, bland, dinner-jacketed Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd (in front of 1,500 invitees) was prevailed upon to thrust his head into a golden canary cage and allow himself to be fed crackers while he quavered "I'm Only A Bird In A Gilded Cage...