Word: joy
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Taft had argued that if Russia swept to the Channel, the U.S. could bomb Western Europe's industrial facilities into uselessness. Douglas' answer: "The Europeans cannot be thrilled with joy by the fact that Mr. Taft first offers them aerial aid which he admits will be ineffective, and then promises them that after this has failed, he will destroy their industrial plants and possibly their cities by attacks from the air. This is hardly the way to win friends and influence people, and, in fact, almost no better way than this could be devised to develop anti-American...
Back home, some of Mrs. Purcell's joy gave way to bitterness: "Why did the doctors let me believe they had to take my child's eyes out?" The answer: the doctors themselves believed it. It is often impossible to tell the difference between certain inflammatory conditions and cancer of the eyes without removing the eye for microscopic examination. If there is any possibility of cancer, most doctors would rather sacrifice one eye than risk the patient's life by waiting...
Camptown had 4,276 homes and they were all the same. Each living room had a picture window and a real wood-burning fireplace. Upstairs was an expansion attic ("You have the joy of finishing the second floor yourself"). The master bedroom was a barnlike 10 ft. by 11½. Each front door was flanked by the advertised "shrubbery"-two arborvitae bushes. All the floors were linoleum-covered, all the walls were plywood, and all the lumber was green...
...first time it looked as if most of the 20,000 would get through. A vast armada of ships-freighters, transports, LSTs, carriers and other warships of the Seventh Fleet-were waiting for them. Vice Admiral Charles T. Joy, Far East naval commander, held a secret conference on his flagship with the X Corps' Major General Edward M. Almond and other brass. Joy said the Navy was ready for "any eventuality"-which was official doubletalk for evacuation...
...Everest may remain unconquered for a long time. Tibet, which owns the easier northern slope, is in the process of becoming a part of Communist China. It is not likely to welcome U.S. or British alpinists, and Asians have never shown much interest in climbing difficult mountains for the joy...