Word: greyed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...revolution is very much like waking up with a bad hangover. All of the glorious intoxication is gone, and the feeling of superhuman power is replaced by the dull ache of responsibility. Many Asian lands-Burma, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Korea, Ceylon-are by now some ten years into the grey morning-after of independence, and political leaders who had once been dashing conspirators and heroic guerrilla captains have become aging politicians, surrounded by corruption, inefficiency and rivalry. All but the most obtuse are ready to admit that throwing out the imperialists was the easiest part of their job, and concede...
...even when they know no English. After an armed forces transmitter went up at Asmara in Eritrea, Americans found their opposite numbers coming to them with a familiar complaint: the children were neglecting their homework and skimping meals because it was impossible to drag them away from the great grey tube...
...high for the year, closing the week at 459.56 on the Dow-Jones industrial average, up 5 points for the week and 23 points above the year's low. The market was boosted by those who kept their eyes on a bright future, rather than the grey present...
Caldwell looks like a non-Ivy League football coach, though he was wearing a neat grey suit, light tie, and crew cut for his visit. He smoked nearly all the time. He has almost no accent, "but I can drop back into a Southern accent whenever I want...
...present indulges only in low-life wickedness. The thrill is gone, and little grey-haired adolescents--half-men--have overrun the Yard. A case in point: Class Day Exercises...