Word: split
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...split clean in two, gave six of its twelve States to the Republican Party. Herbert Hoover that year won 72 electoral votes in the South, Al Smith 64. Engineer Hoover won 1,957,000 popular votes, Catholic Smith...
President Cardenas moved the following day to cool off the labor revolt, which threatened to spread to Communist-dominated unions. He issued a stern ultimatum to workers on the railroads not to split from CTM. He warned oil workers that unless they reorganized the entire industry within a reasonable time, he would cut wages, drop bonuses and take "other steps to get the industry back on a paying basis." The President's warning went down badly and not only the oil and rail workers, but also Government employes in the communications services threatened a general strike...
...Church unity. "A new burst of vitality without a simultaneous drive for unity may very easily split the Church wide open...
...bombs when the sight is on the target. Purpose of mechanical dropping is to avoid a lapse sometimes as long as one-fifth of a second between the time a bombardier sights the target and the time his mind has telegraphed the button-pushing impulse to his fingers. Split seconds in the releasing operation make yards of difference on the ground...
...fairways the past six months, came through with victory in the Scotch foursomes-i up over Sam Snead & Ralph Guldahl. Trailing 1-to-3, the "leftouts" took on their singles assignments with grim determination. Even Captain Sarazen went into the fray. But the best they could do was split the day's matches with the rightful Ryder Cuppers, to lose the two-day battle...