Word: destroyed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Gross played all the music in this last group with great energy, sometimes verging upon ferocity. His conception of this music is in the grand manner, with robust tempos and high-toned fortissimos. If an occasional passage was not executed with perfect technical ease, this did not destroy the total effect, not interrupt the continuity, which seems to be Gross' first concern. It is not surprising that such a spirited and musical pianist should hum as well as Serkin...
When it came down to the crucial moment, Nasser and the Syrians proved unwilling-or unable-to make an all-out effort to destroy Hussein. To do so would have forced an open split with King Saud, perhaps would have compelled him still further toward Iraq and the West. This week there was a flurry of flying to save faces.. Syria's Kuwatly popped in on Nasser; together with Nasser's top political adviser, he went on to Mecca to see Saud. They were all desirous of re-creating that somewhat bogus show of Arab unity proclaimed...
...join the fun. In short order, Ramo and Wooldridge developed an electronic fire-control system for the U.S. Air Force which was so good that it became standard equipment on every first-line interceptor. Another spectacular coup was the air-to-air Falcon guided missile to track and destroy enemy planes. When the Korean war sent orders surging through the industry, Hughes was transformed into an electronics giant with sales of $200 million annually...
...horseplay got him expelled from Annapolis; later, at sea, his irresponsibility in humiliating a British ship's captain became an international incident). His most spectacular adventure was the destruction of the Confederate ironclad, Albemarle, at its anchorage in Plymouth, N.C. Several Union attempts to destroy the ironclad had already failed, and a garbled account of Cushing's plan was reported in Northern newspapers before he set out. With 14 men in a motor launch armed with a torpedo, plus a diversionary crew of 13 in a cutter, Cushing stole up the Roanoke River at night. The Albemarle...
...recently announced plans of the Chicago Theological Seminary to destroy Chicago's famed Robie House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1909, drew sharp criticism yesterday from a number of University faculty members...