Word: dared
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...time I go back, I can see they've got a little nearer the edge. They're going round the bend, under the strain of listening to every night noise, watching every black face. I bought them a radio." The farmer laughed derisively. "They don't dare to switch it on any longer! It might drown the other sort of noises they're always listening...
...also found time while in Chicago for a sentimental visit to Bowen High School. She hugged her old teachers on sight, wept openly when she sang in her old place in the Bowen High mixed chorus, accepted a bouquet of roses, and got kissed on the cheek, on a dare, by a 17-year-old. For a farewell, Joni reached for the microphone and said: "If it can happen to me, it can happen to you -and it's so wonderful I hope it happens three times to each...
Sources of friction undoubtedly exist between Malenkov and Mao. Does Malenkov dare let Mao develop industrial independence? How hard is Moscow squeezing Peking economically to pay for its military help? Who keeps Manchuria? These sources of friction now engage the attention of Washington's psychological warriors. They also engage the minds of many who think that Mao will become a Tito if only the West is gentle with him. "Imagine," editorialized London's New Statesman and Nation last week, "that the Chinese Communists were given their rightful seat on the Security Council . . . Then the cement that holds...
...only one cloud to dull the sky for those who wear the Green. And, as usual, the cloud has an Orange lining. While Dublin Cheers and New York sends up its annual blue-coated paean to Shamrock land, the lads up north in Ulster must keep silent and dare not even march the streets of Belfast or toast Parnell with Irish Stout...
...into strong farmers' communities; 2) transform communal militias into truly popular forces; 3) harass the Communists whenever they attempt to infiltrate one of the new resettlement villages. Busy fighting, with no money to spare, the French shook their heads. Said a French civil servant: "The French would never dare to undertake such a tricky enterprise...