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Word: maneuverable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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2) Since 218 signatures (a majority) are required on petitions to discharge a committee, bring controversial bills out on the floor, that maneuver will be much harder for the New Dealers to execute next session when bills unwanted by a conservative coalition are locked up in committee.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: The 76th | 11/21/1938 | See Source »

Most direction finding is "180° ambiguous," i.e., shows the bearing of the radio wave, but not the source. In the Sperry-RCA device this ambiguity is eliminated by placing two antennas in an electrical relationship making it possible to single out the source and keep pointing at it despite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Finder, Feeler, Sounder | 10/24/1938 | See Source »

The trek to the Artillery range at the foot of Mount Mansfield is no problem in this day of motorization. By noon July 12th camp was re-organized and preparations made to follow out the ideal life of the Artilleryman: "March and shoot." Tactical problems (Roops), Artillery Firing of all...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TALES OF MIL. SCI., NAVAL R.O.T.C. CAMPS | 9/26/1938 | See Source »

The last week of camp was marked by the over-night maneuver in which the Unit was organized as a battalion of four firing batteries. The preliminary march was but an inkling of the rough work scheduled for the night. By midnight all batteries were in position "on the base...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TALES OF MIL. SCI., NAVAL R.O.T.C. CAMPS | 9/26/1938 | See Source »

Most spectacular maneuver of jai alai is the rebate (pronounced re-bó-tay): recovering the ball off the back wall in a wide sweeping arc that usually topples the player to the ground (see cut).

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Merry Festival | 9/19/1938 | See Source »

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