Word: foul
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...executed and filed with a Commissioner (of Education) an affidavit that he does not believe, in and is not a member of and does not support any organization that believe in or teaches, the overthrow of the United States government by foul or violence or by any illegal or unconstitutional methods, and (2) has taken and subscribed to an oath of affirmation in the following form: I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will bear true faith and allegiance the United States of America and to support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States against...
...crawl fierce, flesh-eating dermestid beetles and their larvae-so numerous that the floor seems alive. When a sick or senile bat falls from the ceiling, the beetles crowd to devour it. The walls are thick with mites, ticks and other bat parasites. The air of the cave is foul with the unpleasant ammoniacal odor of bats, whose excreta comes showering down...
...committed to New Zealand's Cliffhaven hospital, medicine does what it can. But the nurses are exhausted by twelve-hour days, and there are only 1½ doctors for each thousand patients. Istina gets electric shock treatment, insulin is pumped into her veins, and she is shunted to foul-smelling dayrooms with the other "hopeless" ones-Esme, who crouches in a corner with her nightgown over her head; Bertha, who sings endlessly; and Mary-Margaret, who ends each day with a cheery broadcast to Egypt, signing off with "Good night, the World. Good night, everyone, everywhere." When all else...
...city's freedom and to guaranteeing access to it at all times. Russia, exploiting the fear of war, was pursuing a policy by which it hoped to drive the U.S. and the West out of Berlin by weakening the free world's resolve. Thus Nehru's "foul winds" would reach gale proportions only if Khrushchev failed to understand U.S. determination-and there were some Moscow observers who were afraid that he had not seen the storm warnings...
Nehru came out of his talks with Khrushchev clearly disheartened, warned that the "foul winds of war are blowing" (see THE NATION). But at an Indian embassy luncheon for Nikita, Nehru was more cheerful, back at the old neutralist two-way stand doing business as usual. Thanking the Soviet government for its economic aid to India in a toast, Nehru quipped: "I am afraid that after we receive this assistance, my appetite will grow and I will want to ask for more...