Word: endless
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...township. There are obviously many alternatives, and it's been a real struggle to reach a decision. A student body of 6000 is obviously too large for one high school." He noted, however, that building another, separate school inevitably raises the problem of comparable facilities, of location, and of endless other minor problems...
...also the question of how long American opinion will accept being told that the war is endless, or as a U.S. official in Saigon puts it: "Only a fool would pick a date when we can consider the job done. Three years? Five years? Ten? Fifteen? You make your own bets." One even suspects that in officialdom there is a tendency to take the war for granted. Some Administration policymakers are fond of pointing out that more Americans are killed in traffic accidents in Washington, D.C.. each year than in the Viet Nam war-while adding, with more logic...
...Endless armadas of heavy monsoon clouds bombarded central India with the heaviest rains in a century (187.7 in. since June), bringing new life to the parched plains. Everywhere shining green shoots burst; from the fields. In Delhi, the poor took shelter from the downpour, thankful for relief from incessant heat. Outside the capital, amidst the ruins of forts and royal tombs, peacocks spread their glistening fans and danced for their mates...
SPAIN'S pavilion is a gentle interlacing of courtyards and corridors filled with endless surprises of light and shadow. Its attractions include priceless paintings of old and modern masters, an impressive showing of its young avant-garde artists, folk dancers who perform in a garden studded with red geraniums and, in the Market Plaza, hot churros and cold horchata. It alone is easily worth a day at the fair...
...developed scenes undermines a potentially fine dramatic idea, the portrayal of the conflict within Thomas and his break with the other apostles. Just when Thomas is struggling most manfully in language that is grounded in the immediate situation, he is forced to shout out abstractions like, "Destiny is an endless shame, a necessity in order to die." Both the words and the volume of their delivery alienate us from Thomas's true feelings. Thus the voice of the author only annihilates the reality of his characters...