Word: hell
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...land in the U.S. as a "private citizen." For several days leading newspapers published first page stories detailing the treatment of the Shah's cancer, creating a mood conducive to accepting him on humanitarian grounds. Only a few months earlier the press and the U.S. Senate were raising hell about the execution of the Shah's military chiefs and ex-cronies in Iran. They complained bitterly about the violation of due process of law. But they conveniently forgot that the Shah's own military courts (which were unconstitutional) tried as terrorists anyone brave enough to protest his regime. The verdict...
Snoopy finally downs the bastard. Run him for President. Hell, it got Eisenhower elected. And at least Snoopy might clamp down on Iran...
...space age, The Right Stuff, brings back the memories--or introduces the subject--of the time when America braced for the Soviet threat from the sky and celebrated the heroes who fought that intergalactic cold war. More than that, Wolfe describes the code by which these men lived, the hell-raising, ass-kicking, flag-waving brotherhood of The Right Stuff. It's an exuberant and satisfying look at previously unexplored territory...
Graham refused to speculate on either bill's chances. "We're going to fight like hell for them. At the very least, we will force the issue out and make people talk about it," she added...
Grossman harbors a revisionist belief: technology retards productivity by ultimately robbing people of creativity. "The new office technology is a step backward. The worker gets bored as hell with what he is doing. A person used to sit down and type a letter and identify with it. Now we put it into one big damn machine, change a few words and produce 100 or 1,000 different letters. We have dehumanized a lot of things...