Axis powers

This is a Hollywood director at the height of his powers creating original, wildly ambitious epics.
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It was forbidden to be eaten, and seen as having powers that beat back “demons and sorcerers” as well as “misfortune.”
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Needless to say, this does not enamor her to the powers that be in Cameroon.
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Indeed, it may never unless Western powers start raising the political stakes.
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They also used the powers of their separate agencies to cite waste haulers for spilling sludge along roadways.
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He signalized himself by a great victory which he obtained on the banks of the Neva, over the northern powers.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
For the purpose of ascertaining the Board's powers in this connection the opinion of the Attorney General has been requested.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
The long axis of the hip-roof crystal is often so shortened that it resembles the envelop crystal of calcium oxalate.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
He was an active and valiant prince, who made himself respected by the powers of Europe.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Cassini observed, by the position of certain spots, the revolution of the planet Venus on its axis.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell