Word: drivingly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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General Clay last week summed up the U.S. attitude. Said he: "They can't drive us out by any action short...
Where was elusive Chen Yi headed? Weary Nationalists ticked off some of his possible alternatives. He could rendezvous with General Liu and then wheel on the pivotal railroad junction of Chengchow. Or he might plunge toward Suchow, bastion of the Nanking-Shanghai defense area. Or he could drive down to Hankow. He might even decide to stand and fight...
...says Erica, "It's not a matter of talent, not at all. There are just as many women born with great talents for music as men. But most women haven't the singleminded drive and determination it takes to be a great artist. They're interested in too many other things. They won't make the sacrifice...
...more might soon have to go. Dr. Wong likened it to the great exodus of 1937-39, when Chinese factories were moved to the interior ahead of the Japs. But he promised: "Even though we are compelled to shift our center to South China ... we shall come back and drive out the Communists...
...Plaza's victory was finally confirmed (the court would not give a final verdict for a month), Ecuador would get a bustling administration that would go slow on social reform, drive hard to put the country on a solid business basis. Moreover, Plaza has been around enough (he studied at the University of California, was ambassador to the U.S.) to know something about getting the foreign help that Ecuador desperately needs. If the court decides for Flor-well, Plaza might win anyhow. "If they try to deprive us of victory by such means," threatened a Plaza subaltern, "blood will...