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Word: commit (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...enough to insure Western Europe's recovery. Among the Marshall Plan nations of Europe, there was still fear of Russian aggression, fear which might "destroy the psychological basis upon which recovery depends." The North Atlantic Alliance would be an "antidote to fear." Just how far would it commit the U.S. to military support of Western Europe? The State Department was not yet ready...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Antidote to Fear | 1/24/1949 | See Source »

...this is Patton again and I beg to report complete progress . . . Sir, it seems to me that You have been much better informed about the situation than I was, because it was that awful weather which I cursed so much which made it possible for the German army to commit suicide. That, Sir, was a brilliant military move and I bow humbly to a supreme military genius...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Patton Talking | 1/10/1949 | See Source »

...employee agrees . . . that he will not do or commit any act or thing that will tend to degrade him in society or bring him into public hatred, contempt, scorn or ridicule, or that will tend to shock, insult or offend the community . . . or prejudice the producer or the motion picture, theatrical or radio industry in general...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: No Offense | 1/3/1949 | See Source »

Mistake. In Brooklyn, John Landrigan set out to commit suicide by hanging himself outside a sixth-floor window, was killed when the rope broke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 20, 1948 | 12/20/1948 | See Source »

...good college team is primarily one that can pass and shoot well, and these are the departments which beat the Crimson Wednesday. Veteran Boston University lines consistently set up triangular attack patterns that forced the Crimson goalies to commit themselves. BU Scored all but one of their goals on these "set" pass plays...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Egg In Your Beer | 12/3/1948 | See Source »

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