Word: casuality
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...these troops in battle the Army would need casual replacements (euphemism for men who take the places of the wounded and dead). Troops would have to be sent to Japan to replace those MacArthur will have sent to Korea. Regular Army divisions, now at about 70% of their strength, would be increased to a full 18,000 each. To these will have to be added supporting artillery, engineers, antiaircraft outfits, etc. Certain National Guard regiments and battalions would be mobilized and fully equipped, two more regular divisions would be added to the Army's ten. Three divisions would...
...vain. The local district council, of which he himself was a member, had decided that Clarke's house would make a better village office building. When Clarke refused to budge, the council sent out five burly bailiffs to carry out the condemnation order. Aided by two casual volunteers, the bailiffs picked up Clarke, dragged him down a rose-lined drive and dumped him, in a public road...
...girl member), no other Harp was allowed to touch her until she formally declared that she was through with him. Modeling themselves after such movie heroes as Alan Ladd ("The way he beats his women! He stomps them"), the Harps treated their debs with elaborately casual brutality...
Ascot's Third to a Discussion. Anthony Eden, in the anecdotal way that Britons have, put the question very clearly last week. He leaned on the black leather dispatch box in the House of Commons and discussed the chances of civilization's survival in as casual a tone as if he were assessing the third race at Ascot. Said Eden...
...Casual clothes: What you're stuck with when everyone else is wearing silver fox jackets over bathing suits...