Word: lullingly
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SANE opposes the construction of the shelter because it feels that such actions lead to a relaxation of efforts for disarmament. The group feels that the existence of an extensive shelter system would lull the country into a false sense of security "where there can be none...
...really predicting the future . . . The arms race will go on, and this will bring about war, and in that war you will lose, and many of those sitting here will not be found any longer-and not many, but perhaps all. You are accustomed to listen to words that lull you. But, as for Khrushchev, I do not wish to pat your heads when the world is on the verge of catastrophe. You want to listen to pleasant words. Well, if these words are unpleasant, that means I have achieved my purpose. That is exactly what I intended...
...turning point!" On the soth, the Russians were just a block away. Hitler had already had his favorite dogs put away, and now he and his new wife Eva Braun went to a room, he to shoot himself, she to take poison. During a lull in the bombardment, their bodies were taken above ground, doused in oil and burned...
...inquired of the President whether it was worthwhile to answer this communication," wrote Bohlen. "The President replied that he had no respect for the good faith of the Japanese. Stalin pointed out that the Soviet Union was not at war with Japan, and that it might be desirable to lull the Japanese to sleep, and possibly a general and unspecific note might be returned . . . The President said he thought that course of action would be satisfactory...
...basic expressions (faintly amused and faintly serious) beat Actor Ladd's range by one. Comic Sahl, the only warrior shown who looks grubby enough to be a real G.I., very nearly saves the show with one line. He cheers his mates up with a few jokes during a lull in the battle, then remarks that, seriously, things look very dark. Turning to one of his buddies, he says with a catch in his voice, "If I don't get out of this, would you call up my wife-and my girl...