Word: bursting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...which they are involved, may be growing aware that their generation is shaping the history of the world. Their outward apathy may cover a realistic appraisal of the task they face, a grim realization that the better world they want is not to be built overnight in a glorious burst of crusading exaltation, but only by hard, slow, disagreeable, long-continued trial & error. Perhaps Americans must sacrifice old dislikes, perhaps even material advantages, to win to that better world...
...General asked him the routine question. The soldier answered: "It's my nerves. I can hear the shells come over but I can't hear them burst...
...Several Japs turned into me as I started runs on them. . . . I was surprised that I did not have any particular feeling when one of them burst into flames in front of me. I would just start looking for another...
Hard Work and Schmalz. Editor Christiansen's success is due partly to hard work, partly to his unchanging conviction that folks like to read about events which burst from the emotions of men & women, partly to "The Beaver's" penchant for young hustlers in top jobs...
...table, his head down, his chin pressed against the rough wooden board smelling of carbolic soap. The first three strokes seemed to split his body in two. "Each new stroke lit up an electric bulb behind his eyeballs and caused an explosion inside his skull. He heard himself burst into long, savage screams, felt his bladder empty itself, his stomach throw up its contents over the table. There was lightning and thunder, the splitting of skin, the convulsions of choking from the grimy sponge they had thrust into his mouth to silence him." As he felt himself pass...