Word: mortall
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Mortal Wounds. "What is interesting" about a masterpiece, Painter Annigoni argued, is always "the surface as the master left it, aged, alas! as all things age, but with the magic of the glazes preserved, and with those final accents which confer unity, balance, atmosphere, expression-in fact all the most important and moving qualities in a work of art. But after these terrible cleanings, little of all this remains . . . Falling upon their victim, [the scientific restorers] commence work on one corner, and soon proclaim a 'miracle'; for, behold, brilliant colors begin to appear. Unfortunately what they have found...
...half-caste children, some named sentimentally for great figures of the Irish Troubles. Overproof Queensland rum is their drink; mutton is their food; and once a year a priest arrives on the scene to christen the new children, and to tell the elders that they are living in mortal sin. Mrs. Regan has been "married" to the two brothers in succession...
...House of Commons, like the French Assembly, adjourned for the summer. But the urgency was real. Air Marshal Sir John Slessor, great airman turned topflight military strategist, spoke for many Britons when he said, "We are faced today with a challenge in the Middle East potentially no less mortal than that in the Europe of 1938-though far more easily countered if we have the courage." The comparison on everybody's lips was Hitler. This man Nasser, they said, is also insatiable and will grab more if he is not stopped early...
...rare burst of exhortation called it "the new Battle of Britain." Three weeks ago he warned: "We are all in it. and upon its outcome our homes, our jobs and our children's future depends." Unless Britain wins the battle, he told a Lancashire audience, "we are in mortal peril of poverty by stages...
...more misdemeanors No more mortal sins I'm making novenas All day on my shins...