Word: foul
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...them in a hybrid with the best features of both. The Army made much of the fact that the less complex Jupiter had performed well in tests, while Thor, in its three tests, had twice flopped dismally, skipped off course the third time. Finally, after two strikes and a foul tip, Thor had saved Air Force face by hitting a mighty home run. More importantly, its undisputed success had added a mighty score to the West's defenses, particularly from NATO nations and overseas bases: Thor in last week's test traveled not just 1,500 miles...
...Feeney's black-garbed followers appeared on the scene, but the culprits had vanished. The police were summoned, and upon their arrival were addressed by Feeney: "They are haters of the blessed Virgin, desecrators of the Mother of God. Over there in Adams House we hear all sorts of foul language and we never do anything. But this is too much. If there isn't fast action on this, it will...
...slash foreign aid: "What the President wants does not mean a damn thing to me unless it makes sense." Growled Speaker Sam Rayburn: "Sometimes Congressmen shoot and cut in another direction if they are not in good humor." And Mr. Sam made it clear that he was in a foul humor...
...chiefly concerned with the Crop-leighs, who move through the wilderness like giants and mostly come to ends both brobdingnagian and foul. The first Cropleighs are blown sky-high in a steamboat explosion; of their four sons, Beverly and Duncan are blown earth-deep in a tunnel explosion (fratricide and suicide), Dickie loses a leg in the same disaster, and garrulous Jack is killed by a bullet aimed at still another Cropleigh. Daughter Julia causes much of the trouble by giving birth to a baby whose father might be her brother Duncan, her lover Pete Legrand, or even possibly...
...basis of Rowse's analysis it is possible to assign the newspapers he treated to various categories from fair to foul. The break-down would be pretty much as follows...