Word: grinding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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John L. Lewis, a U.S. citizen who is bigger than the United States Government, an individual at whose nod the wheels of the greatest industrial system in the world grind towards a halt, a man whose unspoken motto is-The Public Be Damned...
...hordes of men in an invasion which, against the numbers and modern equipment of the Chinese, would be fruitiness. In the battle's midst, the public would sicken at the drain of blood and dollars, and the campaign, if not already shattered by a Russian advance elsewhere, would grind to a farcical halt...
That was all for the Maroon. The Crimson offense started up for good, and though hampered by penalties (172 yards of them), managed to grind off 388 yards overland. Reserve fullback Jerry Blitz provided a pleasant surprise with some fine, hard running that netted 45 yards in four tries, besides the Crimson's third touchdown. The success of the running game more than offset the failure of the passing attack...
...spring of 1900. Examinations were over, and the atmosphere was tense . . . My classmates always looked upon me as a grind. They were continually calling for me to go out on a spree, but I have never touched a drop in my life...
...parent. Beyerly Lawrence, however, does quite well in the confusing part of the mother's friend; it is a fuzzy hole because the script never adequately explains why she let herself be picked up in the first place. Another former Brattler, Michael Wager, does his best as Vernon, the grind, but this also is a pretty flat part...