Word: winners
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...under F.D.R.'s absolute control of the party there had never been a chance for another real leader to rise to the surface of the Democratic Party. Harry Truman was clearly not such a man. So the rebels bayed frantically off in all directions in search of a winner-and succeeded in pulling the roof down about their ears...
...Sole Winner. At week's end, the fighting was still scattered and sporadic. On the Arab side, Egyptians (in the southern desert) and Syrians and Iraqis (in Galilee) were most active. Abdullah's Arab Legion, the only force likely to cause Israel serious trouble, had done little but engage in an artillery and mortar duel with Jewish forces in Jerusalem. In a night attack the Jews won Lydda Airport, biggest in Palestine. Later they captured, after surprisingly feeble Arab resistance, the towns of Lydda and Ramleh, and threatened Arab positions blocking the lifeline road to Jerusalem. Abdullah...
...Britain (if it continued to arm Arab states) might easily drift into fighting each other by Jewish and Arab proxies: Or, if Britain joined the U.S. in sanctions against the Arabs, the last chance of winning Arab friendship for the Western powers might be lost. The sole winner, in either case, would be Russia...
...which Scots regard as hallowed ground. In the qualifying round he shot two 69s, to lead the field. The skeptics considered it a fluke. Some crack golfers had struggled in behind him. From the U.S. had come 13 talented men, including former Open Champion Lawson Little and Claude Harmon (winner of the recent Masters' Tournament...
...Winter Olympics winner at St. Moritz, with 82 points, was: 1. The U.S. 2. Sweden. 3. Norway. 4. Switzerland. 5. Russia...