Word: blowed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...palace, a hardline, right-wing military faction known as the linha dura has been busily purging state and local governments of every official whom they suspect of Communist sympathies or simple malfeasance-in many cases without benefit of judicial procedure. Last week the hard-liners were dealt a hard blow. It came from none other than ex-General Castello Branco, whose regime after twelve months seems confident of success and determined to restore civilian rule...
...blow of losing was a bit softer for fifth man John Hawkins. He hit the shot of the day, a wedge out of the trap on the both that obligingly rolled into the cup feet away. Unfortunately, that gave only...
Coach Harry Parker was surprised and obviously very pleased. "Our goal for this course was to get under 8:40 sometime during the season," he said afterwards. Conditions for the race were almost perfect, he said. A stiff breeze blow across the boats' port side, but Parker wasn't sure that it was astern enough to account for the fast time...
From hill to pasture moans the snow. The farms hug tight Their shaking ribs against the blow. There is no mercy in this night Nor scruple toits wrath. The dead Sleep light this wind being overhead...
...VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE has the tensile strength of Arthur Miller's least pretentious and least self-conscious writing. Robert Duvall plays the doomed longshoreman hero with the uncompromising force of a body blow...