Word: betray
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...less account than conformity." Berenson praised his humor as so delicate that in the Triumph of Chastity (opposite, top), it escapes attention. True, Aphrodite and the scared little Eros "are fleeing before the fury of a female who evidently personifies Mrs. Grundy, but their innocent looks betray their belief that she has been seized by a sudden and unaccountable madness, for which they are in no way responsible...
...however, Miller asked Lautner to let him resign from the force: he had been suspected of Communist activity, had been shunted to a harmless police post near Prospect Park. Brooklyn, and was afraid his wife was about to betray him. Lautner refused to let him quit: if New York's Communist-dominated American Labor Party gained more political power. Miller might well have become police commissioner. The Communist lieutenant accepted the verdict, stayed faithfully on duty until the department finally gathered enough solid evidence to cite him for trial. But Miller disappeared in a flash after that, and last...
...news of the half-forgotten, conservative side of American thought, see Books. ** Who is remembered almost solely for infamy: switching to the British cause after unsuccessfully attempting to betray West Point to the enemy...
When the Germans came back, they found the graves and demanded to know who had killed their men. Most of the people of Kalavryta did not like the ELAS Communists, but they would not betray fellow Greeks. Infuriated, the Germans burned down the houses of five men known to have joined the guerrillas. Then for good measure they burned the hotel...
...money goes to the university. A painstaking administrator, he is also a crackerjack lecturer, wasting no words and never losing his temper. Only in the operating room when, with a heart exposed, life may be in the balance for hours, does Dr. Blalock's gentle voice betray his tension. As soon as possible after his work is done, he relaxes with chain-smoked cigarettes. Weekends, he fishes or plays golf (in the 80s, despite an unsurgeonly waggle to his swing...