Word: madnesses
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fire extinguisher handy because this is going to burn you up. You had a lot of nerve writing what you did about Errol Flynn (TIME, Feb. 12). The only reason I take TIME magazine is because our teacher makes us. I wasn't the only kid that got mad over that article...
Chapultepec v. San Francisco. The declaration's first purpose was to put an iron halter on Argentina, the only Latin American country not a member of the United Nations and not represented at Mexico City (see LATIN AMERICA). If Argentina's jingoes went mad and attacked fearful Uruguay or Chile, the Act of Chapultepec would bring the U.S., Brazil, the rest of the Pan-American system solidly into line against Buenos Aires...
...time when defenses will no longer yield before fire power, however heavy. That is the time when men on foot must pay for yardage with their lives. That is when the marines are at their greatest. This, said the Fleet Marine Force commander, Lieut. General Holland M. ("Howlin' Mad") Smith, is their toughest fight in 168 years...
...series of hills in the northeast, the Japanese poured enfilading fire into the attackers. Forward observers with the marines radioed back to the ships for fire support. Turner conceded that the preliminary bombardment had cleaned out "by no means all" of the Jap artillery positions. Said Howlin' Mad Smith: Our men are spread all over hell's acre out there, and they're going after those hidden Jap guns, which are mighty hard to locate. Most of those guns are in caves. They come out and fire five or six rounds and then go back into hiding...
...body. "I felt that I longed to hold you in my arms," said Stephen. "Just to live one night together, Emma, then to say goodbye in the morning and never to see each other again! There is no such thing as love in the world. . . ." "You are mad," said Emma. "You must not speak to me any more...