Word: contend
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Industry Case. But coal men refuse to become excited over Washington's cries of shortage. They regard the warnings as invitations to hoard, and contend that there is sufficient coal to go around, with careful management. Their main fact: despite strikes, slowdowns and shocking absenteeism (up to 29%), 408,000,000 tons of bituminous coal have been mined so far his year (7,500,000 more than a year ago). The industry is within striking distance of its 600,000,000-ton quota. Anthracite coal production is also above a year ago. To worry warts, brooding over a chilly...
...reaction of the Vatican is not yet known, but in "What To Do With Italy" both Salvemini and LaPiana contend that the Vatican distrusted modern democracy and supported fascism, quoting Pope Plus XI, and Cardinal Merry del Val, who called Mussolini "a man sent by Providence" and "visibly protected...
...Given bad weather, they can suffer further. Last week, as if nature had been stirred by the crop report, tardy spring rains fell in torrents over much of the land. But in parts of the Midwest, the torrents were too great: farmers had the new danger of flood to contend with...
Daily Except Sunday. Every night except Sunday, Camp Butner's soldiers fight it out in elimination bouts, to contend some day for the Division championship. Friday night is the big night. With regimental bands tootling between bouts, an eleven-match card is staged in the camp's natural amphitheater on the side of a pine-rimmed hill. Fights are limited to three rounds (four in case of a draw...
Bloody Embarrassment. A British major who was at Dunkirk remarked: "Their discipline is far worse than ours was at Dunkirk. They had anti-tank guns and artillery and could have held us off and put up a better show than this. They have had no refugees to contend with either. I think this rather more than makes up for Dunkirk...