Word: brunt
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Once the Allies secured the Normandy landings, the Americans again got in the way. Why were they always complaining about cautious, tidy Montgomery when he was really taking the brunt of the battle? (The fact is that many military men, including Germans, feel that Monty could have taken his major objective, Caen, in the first days if he had chosen to move instead of sitting.) After the breakout, Brookie was again peeved. Why didn't Ike let Monty take the bulk of the armies and finish off the Germans in the Ruhr? Instead, Ike insisted on forming up along...
...closing in on a rolling ball about ten yards away from the goal, Bagnoli charged, and seemingly grabbed the ball off Brown's foot. When Bagnoli sank to the ground after punting out of danger, Crimson hopes plummeted. It turned out that he was merely stunned--from taking the brunt of Brown's kick on his head...
...brunt of the Indian offense came on the ground. Led by Lee Horschman and Ken DeHaven, the Indian line opened up great chasms in the Crimson defense and prevented any prolonged Crimson marches...
...going to be deluged with applications," Wallace MacDonald of the Financial Aid Office says. "There are enough controlling factors to keep the numbers down. The schools are getting better at guidance, and alumni are doing a good job of counseling. It's the alumnous who bears the brunt of the rejection slip, and he is going to discourage anyone from applying who he thinks...
Moral authority, even in Genet's inverted world, carries with it moral responsibility. Snowball and Green Eyes are like two inverted Christ-figures. Green-Eyes says, "Here in the cell I'm the one who bears the whole brunt. The brunt of what--I don't know. I'm illiterate. But I know I need a strong back. The way Snowball bears the same weight. But for the whole prison...