Word: blowed
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Exterminatory Blow. Just how serious the Administration considers the situation is obvious from Lyndon Johnson's worried, wary handling of it. The North Korean regime at week's end pronounced itself "fully combat ready" and determined to deliver "an exterminatory blow" at the U.S. if attacked. And it has amply proved its volatility and hornet sting. North of the 38th parallel it has an army of 367,000, an air force of 35,000 equipped with 650 planes, and a navy of 10,500. Arrayed against this force is a South Korean army of 600,000 men, plus...
...boys -James, Pianist Teddy Wilson, Trombonist Red Ballard-were tied up elsewhere, but 14 of the original 26 made it, including Drummer Gene Krupa, Vibraphonist Lionel Hampton, Pianist Jess Stacy and Singer Martha Tilton. Goodman, now 58, fed them all a buffet supper, and then they sat down to blow Avalon, Sweet Lorraine, Stompin' at the Savoy. As they used to say back then-swingin...
...audaciously decided to go for an eagle. His second shot landed on an impossible rock perch at the top of a sheer drop down to the ocean. A forehanded ABC crewman was in the right place with a hand-held camera to watch him agonizingly line up and then blow his desperation third shot-and with it any chance for the top prize...
...prescription for happy living is not to solve any more problems than you have to." A sober Washington reporter himself until a sense of futility overcame him, Virginia-born Baker became the Times's first humor columnist six years ago. He uses humor, he says, "to strike a blow for sanity...
...agree to any specific new steps to bolster the dollar. Officials in both London and Tokyo expressed alarm over the possibility that the Administration may ask Congress to enact some form of border taxes to offset those imposed by Common Market countries. Clearly, Johnson's unexpectedly drastic blow at the U.S. payments deficit had strained the intricate fabric of international arrangements for world trade. It will take cool heads and delicate negotiations to avoid some serious rips...