Word: bastardly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...year nonaggression pact with Germany. But in 1939 Molotov and Hitler got together, signed a secret protocol arranging to attack Poland simultaneously from both sides and to partition it out of existence. After a 26-day fight, Poland was no more. Said Molotov: "Nothing is left of that monstrous bastard, the Versailles Treaty...
...find a wife rich enough to make him a wealthy man, beautiful enough to make him a happy man, pious enough to make him a good man. "Bozzy's" solemn efforts to fill this tall order make scandalously funny reading. He was already the father of a bastard son (who died in infancy), and now a second child was on the way as a result of his "licentious passion" for one Mrs. Dodds (a "sweet little mistress . . . admirably formed for amorous dalliance" -but "she debases my dignity" and "costs me a great deal of money...
...bearing ladders, cables and acetylene torches. Melting through the metal knees, they brought the statue crashing to the ground. Immediately the bronze corpse was set upon by people with hammers and metal pipes who smashed pieces off the statue. Said one wrecker: "I want a souvenir of this old bastard...
...ball carrier; the T formation, with its quick-opening plays and tricky hand-off s; the split-T, which spreads the defense for exasperating option plays-Michigan State uses all three and adds even more. At any moment Duffy's quarterbacks may disconcert the defense with a bastard version of the T. In this maneu ver, the ball is snapped directly to the fullback through the T quarterback's legs, leaving the quarterback free to block ahead of the runner or tear downfield for a pass...
...Contemptible who has lived beyond his era, beyond World War II (when everything was "more efficient"), and on into the Welfare State. The old fellow recalls the recruiting poster of World War I, "Kitchener Wants You," and adds his sardonic comment: "He's about the only bastard what does...