Word: tore
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...easy," he said. "We just got hold of 50 tomcats and they killed the mice in no time. Of course we did have a little trouble getting rid of the cats-had to get a bunch of ferocious bulldogs. They really tore those cats apart...
Vannevar Bush, wartime director of the Office of Scientific Research and Development-and an optimist who tries to grow potatoes among New Hampshire's rocks-tore into Osborn's gloomy theories. His main point: population increases, all right, but the world's living standard increases first. When "a lid is removed," both science and population burst upward, "but science gets there first." This is followed by a leveling off at a higher standard. "And thus," said Bush...
...precautions were unnecessary. In a statesmanlike, 6,000-word speech, Opposition Leader Drew backed the pact 100%. Said Drew: "I hope that this House . . . will speak with one clear and ringing voice." After that. Defense Minister Claxton tore up the long rebuttal he had prepared. Beaming, St. Laurent popped out of his seat, strode across the aisle to wring George Drew's hand. Parliament approved the North Atlantic Treaty by a vote...
...were never quite married," explained Walter Surovy, manager-husband since 1939 of handsome Met Mezzo-Soprano Rise Stevens. "We had a marriage certificate and tore it into pieces . . . We decided to remain in a state of courtship . . . We have violent fights and make violent love...
...young ruffian tore the newspaper this morning...