Word: braved
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...asked to dedicate the airport. None of the traveling White House secretariat bothered to check on the name of the citizen for whom the field was being named. Gravely, the President began: "I'm honored to dedicate this airport, and present this wreath to the parents of the brave boy who died fighting for his country...
...nodded with visions of what lay ahead-the Continent of bad plumbing, charm, great ruins, inflation, cancan and the cutest little French restaurant just around the corner. There were some references to crisis and even war. "My dear," said a woman in dark sunglasses, "I do think you are brave...
...fought with the maquis in France and with a group of girl partisans in Italy. Later, he described his adventures with almost boyish enthusiasm ("One girl in particular will always remain in my memory . . . She was a tall, raven-haired girl with Irish blue eyes . . . as brave and dangerous as a tigress and was completely devoted to the British company . . ."). He felt lost when peace came. "I always expected to be killed in battle," he said. "Now I was left stranded, spared by some odd trick of fate...
Received by Joseph Stalin, from the glassworkers at the Sklara Poremba factory (who are either brave or humorless) : a crystal ball. Stalin shot it along to the Museum of the Revolution...
With electioneering becoming as hazardous hereabouts as holding down a Latin American government post, candidates may soon be narrowed down to a hardy few who dare brave all the dangers. But perhaps if they knew that the pre-election work is only the beginning even those few might turn to more desirable interests elsewhere. A case in point is the election of NSA delegates to be reheld on Monday. Those few who withstand the rigors of campaigning and become victors at the ballot box will face a long and gruelling career that would make even a history and lit concentrator...