Word: needlessly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...public-school science teacher who was moonlighting as a bartender at one of the parties, as well as another bartender, two caterers and part-time waiters. Judge Eielson's regret seemed to be that he could not fill Fairfield County jails with parents. "The guilt of needless loss of life is in every living room in this community," he said. "I wish I had the power to get at every parent who is guilty...
...PEACE. "The search for peace requires the utmost intelligence, the clearest vision, and a strong sense of reality," warn the Democrats. "Responsible leadership, unafraid but refusing to take needless risk, has turned the tide in freedom's favor." Said the G.O.P. plank: "A dynamic strategy aimed at victory-pressing always for initiative for freedom, rejecting always appeasement and withdrawal-reduces the risk of nuclear...
...delectable nymphet, suggesting, "We'll honeymoon in Disneyland." But all the hopeless attempts to recapture his youth end when he wakes up on the beach in a cold dawn, wearing a wet blanket and an Indian headdress, and surrounded by a ring, of torches, symbolically extinguished. Needless to say, he feels very old, tired, embarrassed, and drives off determined to forget the whole experience. Not a bad idea, since Crazy Desire is really just a compendium of childish whims...
...Last summer I was fortunate enough to be in West Germany. I found myself constantly distracted by the Fräuleinwunder [May 8]. Since returning, I have been accused of "seeing things" or losing my perspective. Needless to say, I was glad to see your article...
...Needless to say, we have made our share of mistakes in the prophecy business, including one that we particularly cherish and at times still argue about: a cover story in 1954 said that a small car would never catch on in the U.S. But over the years, we have not been dissatisfied with our record in anticipating the course of war and peace, of revolution and business, of fashion and the arts...