Word: hopelessness
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...story (Paths of Glory); of coronary thrombosis; in Port Washington, L.I. His best-seller was his only published novel, and was written out of boredom with his Manhattan advertising job. A terse, heart-rending account of a sadistic French general who ordered his own men decimated after a hopeless attack had failed, it was adapted for the stage, got him a $1,000-a-week job in Hollywood. That also bored him, and at his death he was working for a Manhattan advertising agency...
Convening in Toronto, some 150 Social Crediters from every province except Prince Edward Island whisked through three days of political muscle-flexing. They heard hopeful speeches (typical theme: Canadians "are tired of the hopeless old-line parties and at the same time they fear socialism"). They reaffirmed Social Credit's basic tenet: periodic "dividend" payments for all citizens. They decided to enter candidates in all constituencies in the next Dominion election. Their new name: National Social Credit Association. Their new leader: Solon Earl...
Oddly in contrast to all this was the case of the British Empire. The world would never forget the Battle of Britain nor the debt it owed for the lone fight when the battle looked hopeless to the frightened. But the Empire, 55 months a combatant, had lost comparatively...
...Fourth Term was what he regards as the inevitability of continued warfare between President Roosevelt and Congress. "Should the present running row between the Executive and the Congress persist," he declared, "America will find herself in a war crisis and a postwar crisis, and her Government in a hopeless deadlock. Only a fool would close his eyes to this impending crisis. It overshadows all of the other political issues of the approaching campaign...
...announcement said that the laboratory work was done by James Henry Thompson and 30 assistants, with the collaboration of 200 hospitals and 1,200 physicians. So far, the injections have been used only on hopeless cases. Said Sir George: "We are anxious not to raise any false hopes, but the results of our extract . . . have been encouraging...