Word: braved
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...word will I say about those brave men in the free hills who are ready every moment to lay down their lives for their ideals and those of their people...
...they had suspected, and the pub-keeper's daughter rushed Lord Orris off to the nearest movie house. He emerged spellbound, exclaiming: "My dear, it was wonderful! That splendid detective! . . . And those policemen on motorcycles, actually shooting at 60 miles an hour. So clever of them. And the brave man who jumped on to the moving train. . . ." Thenceforth, mad Lord Orris adored everything from Hollywood-except Walt Disney cartoons, which he said fretfully were "too much like real life...
...Guantanamo, the President rode around the base in an open car, stopped to greet some 200 children who welcomed him by singing America. One, a freckle-faced twelve-year-old boy, stepped forward to present a scrapbook about the base's school. After a brave start, the boy flubbed his long-rehearsed speech. Harry Truman, who knows how it feels to stumble over lines, leaned down and whispered: "Never mind, son." The boy beamed...
...brave show of resistance, but it was also the opening for which Gottwald had long been preparing. Months before, he had said: "We intend to win a 51% majority in the next election." Most Czechs had not expected the crisis before April. But last week's development handed Gottwald an early opportunity. He at once demanded that he be allowed to form a new cabinet from among leaders of half a dozen Communist stooge groups. Benes refused. But he also refused to accept the resignations of the non-Communist ministers. Said he: "I have my duty to convince...
...cable from Mexico City: "Word has reached here of the gallant posture you've assumed in front of the intransigent British lion. It pleases me to offer you the Mexican fleet if Argentina needs reinforcements to defeat the English wherever they may be found. Because what are we? Brave cats or miserable mice? At your service. Signed: Juan Charrasqueado [Scarface John-Mexico's man-in-the-street and currently the subject of a popular song...