Word: direful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Blasting the "synthetic and stumbling leadership of the Republican Party in these desperate times," Mr. Murphy declared: "There is no program worthy of the great tradition of the Republican Party in a period when the nation is in dire peril." All he could see was a record of "pseudo-leadership, petty partisanship, mediocre talents, personal and political aggrandizement at the sacrifice of principle." The Republican Party, said he, had been betrayed by its leaders...
...soldier-crowded streets of Melbourne one evening last week to get a breath of air. They got it, but in gasps. "What we saw," spluttered the wowserish Lord Mayor of Melbourne, "is offensive to many decent-minded citizens." Next night His Lordship & Lady stalked out again, confirmed their dire observations of the uninhibited amorousness of U.S. soldiers and Australian girls...
...House Ways & Means Committee concentrated last week on ways & means to get more blood out of the taxpayer-turnip. They sat deaf as beetles to dire warnings of moral disaster from the eight "community property" States*. The eight States had argued (getting a little blue in the face) that a change in the tax laws to require joint income-tax returns would cause more divorces and force men & women to live in sin. But committee members, hard-pressed by the revenue-hungry Treasury, were concerned more with cash...
This was the dire question that exercised the broadcasting industry's biggest bull session, the Institute for Education by Radio. Held annually at Columbus, Ohio, since 1930 under the sponsorship of Ohio State University, the conference's first twelve meetings served mainly as occasions for bestowing honors, discussing knacks and know-how, airing pet peeves...
...Engineer Reproduction Plant, Washington, D. C. is in dire need of civilian personnel for geographic research. Seniors or graduates with courses in mapmaking, geography, or applied geology may very well qualify for this work. It is not essential that an applicant have a great deal of geographical knowledge or skill as a draftsman. The chief characteristics to be sought are adaptability and a graphic sense of what is conveyed by maps...