Word: widespreading
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...thought of sleek Argentines purring over the pampas at a prewar clip while U.S. motorists were rationed and Brazilians burned charcoal sparked a widespread resentment. The Washington Post called the deal "snubbing our friends and favoring our enemies...
Plans for the evacuation were made before Munich, and they were being carried out as Chamberlain made his declaration of war speech. In a single week 2,000 pictures were removed in 64 special railway container vans-first to country houses and museums; then, after widespread raids began, to the Welsh caves. The caves were air-conditioned, equipped with a single-track narrow railway, and wired with a burglar alarm system...
...badly was Hitler hurt in the July 20 bomb plot? How widespread was the plot...
There is no confirmation to widespread Navy rumors that the pilots are chained to the controls. Several have chosen not to be "divine tempests," and have been fished out of their planes after ditching them...
Almost any G.I. in China theater could have enlarged the indictment. Widespread thievery is the secret grievance the average American soldier holds against China. At one base the rotor and timing gear on a tractor used for loading heavy bombers were stolen. The parts could not be replaced in China...