Word: exertion
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...abolition of all military blocs and, in a reference ostensibly to Viet Nam but which surely raised eyebrows among such members of his audience as East Germany's Walter Ulbricht and the Hungarian delegation, insisted that "foreign military bases and troops stationed on the territory of other states exert a negative influence on international relations...
...Orlinda. He dreams of her in "a scene which seems to be grappled to my soul with Hooks of Steal, as immoveably as I wish to grapple in my Arms the Nimph who gives it all its ornaments. If I look upon a Law Book and labor to exert all my attention, my Eyes tis true are on the Book, but Imagination is at a Tea Table with Orlinda, seeing that Face, those Eyes, that Shape, that familiar friendly look, and hearing Sense divine come from her Tongue...
...shall be able to defend Innocence, to punish Guilt, and to promote Truth and Justice among mankind," Adams wrote, but his Nobel future was apparently threatened by subversion from within. "If I look upon a Law Book and labor to exert all my attention," reads a draft letter to an unidentified correspondent, my Eyes tis true are on the Book, but Imagination is at a Tea Table with Orlinda." He imagined "a scene of Pleasure ... which seems to be grappled to my soul with Hooks of Steal, as immoveably as I wish to grapple in my Arms the Nimph...
...need is relief, however momentary, to shed the fatigue and despair of too much combat. Only the U.S. and its allies can provide that respite. When they do, the leadership and combativeness exemplified by Corporal Tu and Laughing Larry Luong, Major Cuong and Lieut. Commander Chau, may well exert themselves in every service...
...went no further than dramatic school, some repertory Shakespeare, and small parts in a few films. The first weeks were rough going, and it looked as if Samantha would be dropped. "For a few days I thought of making things easy for myself," Wyler confesses. Instead, he decided to exert all his wiles on the young actress...