Word: horridness
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...Washington society is the only segment which Segment Three acknowledges. It is composed of the old Washington families, or "Cave Dwellers." Its leaders-generally Republican, generally of advanced age-are inclined to look upon the Eisenhowers as people come to rescue them after 20 years of darkness and horrid sounds. But they will want to look sharply at the deliverers before giving complete approval. The interest in Segment Three is mainly speleological...
...through the mines and punch holes in the wire. The French put down a dense curtain of fire from light and heavy weapons, including 105-mm. howitzers; leaping, screaming, the Reds answered with machine guns, mortars, bazookas, recoilless rifles. Bearcats and B-26s from Hanoi arrived to light the horrid scene with flares, to strafe the swarming guerrillas and sear them with napalm...
...Jackie Robinson and Dodgers' Manager Charlie Dressen and shook hands heartily-although Robinson, for one, displayed a certain air of suspicion when he was summoned to meet "the King." Feisal betrayed only polite interest as Leo Durocher screamed at the umpire and rooters filled the air with horrid sound. When the Giants' Bobby Thomson hit a home run he smiled at O'Malley in congratulation, apparently feeling that this was good for the Dodgers...
...also sees through herself: much of her ambition had been mere "blind longing to escape from the torture of watching other women with full lives and satisfied instincts." As the Senator builds steadily toward the presidency, Mrs. Lee hops off the bandwagon. "The bitterest part of all this horrid story," she concludes, "is that nine out of ten of our countrymen would say I had made a mistake...
...know That being philosophically slow May be sublime, But is a horrid loss of time. Haitian habits of driving and jaywalking make Americans leery, Because Haitians are always trying...