Word: blowed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...those of us who believe in the sincerity of his effort, the President's recent decision to decline nomination [April 5] has been a saddening blow. It is a most unfortunate world when a man must sacrifice the fulfillment of his great career in order to prove a point. In reality, however, I feel that in order to make his effort worthy of recognition in the eyes of the world, something drastic had to be done. The people of the U.S. are most fortunate to have him as their President...
...Trustees met to consider the latest constitution, hopes once more were high that RUS might finally become legitimate. First there was a victory--the Council approved the joint committee; then a minor setback--the Council found some technical problems; then a real blow--the Council decided not to include student representatives...
...usual, the Israelis were the apparent victors. Their admitted losses were one jet and one soldier, and they claimed to have knocked out four guerrilla bases and much of Jordan's ar tillery. The battle was, declared Chief of Staff Haim Bar-lev, "a blow greater than the one of Feb. 15"-when Israel unleashed a similar assault. But it is hardly likely to stop the Jordanian terrorists, who are now the heroes of the Arab world, from continuing their own destructive blows against Israel. Since the Israelis have threatened to answer each new terrorist raid with an attack...
...were burned. Pe titions for his dismissal poured into Prague. Seeing that he was through, many of Novotny's old friends, including the army general staff, joined the chorus against him. Novotny closed himself off in Hradcany Castle on a hill overlooking Prague, hoping that the storm would blow over. When a news paper suggested that illness might give him an honorable excuse to resign - he suffers from gallstones - he telephoned the editors to report that his health was much improved. Politically, he was already in extremis. When the Communist Party Presidium ordered him to resign, he went along...
...Bible. Central to all arguments was the fact that tourism is Vermont's No. 2 industry; each year, twelve times as many visitors pass through the state as there are Yankee natives (416,000). Most newspapers swung round to the view that proliferating billboards were striking a blow at the state's greatest tourist asset: its unspoiled wooded hills and valleys. Although one letter to the editor insisted that "good billboards are beautiful and break the monotony of a long motor trip," citizen mail to editors and legislators ran as much as 30-to-l in favor...