Word: brunt
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...with the Yugoslav collapse in the Vardar Valley. From the information so far available, it appears that from then on less than three full divisions of British-Anzacs troops and perhaps five divisions of Greeks (perhaps ten Greek divisions were facing the Italians on the Albanian front) bore the brunt of the best attack that could be mounted by 40 divisions of Germans. Under these conditions the Allies had virtually no reserves except a British tank division which backstopped the line wherever it weakened. The British and Anzacs held the anchor position on the right wing at the Aegean coast...
...battles of the campaign were over. At some points Adolf Hitler's infantry troops had attacked in oldfashioned, 1918-style, suicidal mass, but at a price. According to Greek accounts "Adolf Hitler's Own" SS (Elite Guard), magnificent hand-picked lads of 19 and 20, bore the brunt of the slaughter...
...promising field event will be the shot put with the pair of powerhouses, Dick Pfister and Sophomore John Shattuck, bearing the brunt of the burden. Each has surpassed 45 feet and Tom O'Loughlin is steadily approaching it. This same trio will hurl the discus, but their record there is less assuring...
...faced with the fact that every home, every factory, and every ship in the belligerent countries is in the front lines. Americans, as individuals, should give as much as they can afford to relieve the plight of these civilians, who through the no wish of their own, bear the brunt of modern warfare...
When the portent of the impending life struggle between democracy and dictatorship first dawned upon our nonchalant minds, we "looked upon ourselves and cursed our fate" for having been born to bear the brunt of mistakes other than our own. But that has all changed. We now feel privileged to have been conceived in a period when we can not only watch, but take an integral part in, the awakening of a great democracy. Like the painful mass reactions of a newborn babe, the movements of our democracy are quick and wasteful, but we students are doing everything...