Word: breaks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...program of escalated bombing of North Vietnam, rather than force Hanoi to negotiate on terms we like, is more likely to bring China into the war. The escalation program seems highly unrealistic in its psychological assumptions. It is apparently based on the belief that our bombing can somehow break the will to resist of a nation with a thousand-year history of independence, which has grown up in the shadow of the Chinese revolution and is now backed by both China and Russia. We should avoid matching wills directly with Mao Tse-tung, who is if nothing else...
This alternative is little more attractive than the original bill's proposal. Though unable to give money directly to candidates, the presidential aspirant could still spend extra funds in joint campaigns and joint publicity with local candidates of his choice. Local candidates are always hesitant to break with national figures, but giving new resources to presidential nominees would make a show of independence that much more painful...
...Many Butts. And maybe the dirtiest. Angered by Benvenuti's prefight predictions of victory, Griffith hit on the break and after the bell, repeatedly rubbed the laces of his gloves in Nino's face, butted open a gash on Nino's nose-and managed one legitimate looping right that knocked him down for a five count. Benvenuti still made good his boast. Ignoring the blood that was streaming from his nose, he decked Griffith with a right uppercut in the second round. Counterpunching beautifully, making full use of his 3-in. advantage in reach, he kept Emile...
...inspection, who asked to remain anonymous, expressed surprise at the summons issued to Levy Wednesday. "The last time I recall anyone being hauled into court on such a charge was 20 years ago," he said. "A man is presumed to know the law, but we usually give him every break...
...Chaplin Clings to anti-quated dramatic devices. Sometimes the dialogue becomes overly expository, as if he were substituting lines for title cards reading, "Four days later," or "Meanwhile". But frequently his instinctive use of silent film mechanics works successfully. In silent comedy, one of the primary goals was to break down the defensive barriers between the audience and the film-maker by manipulating audience emotions to involve them in the action. Having discovered that audiences laughed at the misfortunes and embarrassments of other people, Mack Sennett, and later Chaplin, revelled in low comedy. Cahiers du Cinema theorizes that Countess breaks...