Word: impendingness
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"Life here is becoming more and more difficult. There is talk of evacuation of all foreigners from Tokyo, partly because of the impending bombardments, but chiefly for fear of an anti-foreign movement.
The U.S. State Department was thoroughly scooped on the Bolivian revolt. No hint or word of the impending uprising had come from the U.S. Ambassador, socialite Pierre de Lagarde Boal (rhymes with goal), an elegant career diplomat whose dispatches have unfailingly reflected the views of Bolivian tin-mine owners. From...
- D. W. Brogan's The English People: "Brogan does wholeheartedly believe there is one thing that both England and America have in common. That is a sincere belief that 'righteousness' does in fact exalt a nation. And he seems to thank the Lord that both the Americans...
"I recall my mind was working hard enough, but I had a difficult time concentrating. It seemed that my mind had two jobs. I was trying to fly the plane, and at the same time I was trying to reassure myself . . . trying to convince myself that I did have a...
For some nefarious and obscure reason the course in Disbursing has been speeded up, and this has upset our whole way of life. Before this week, we thought, "Hmm, this isn't so bad after all," as we sat reading the evening paper after dinner. But this, too has changed...