Word: objective
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Iago has a dynamic part in the play. He is the center of all the action; he is the force which is allowed to run freely through the characters in the play, tying them in inextricable knots as his "motiveless malignity" see fit. But Othello must stand as an object great enough for his fall to shock the audience. That is almost calling for the superhuman. And it's debatable whether Robeson is quite such a superman...
...Italian Government . . . with the object of avoiding further and more grievous harm to the nation, has requested an armistice from General Eisenhower. . . . This request has been granted. The Italian forces will therefore cease all acts of hostility against the Anglo-U.S. forces. . . . They will, however, oppose attack from any other quarter...
...home run by bunting. You have to step up there and take your cut at the ball. The time has come to discontinue nibbling at islands and hit the Germans where it hurts. I don't believe in fighting battles to chase someone out of somewhere. Our object is to trap and smash them...
...packaging, bags of silica gel are enclosed with the packed object in a vapor-proof wrapping like Pliofilm or reinforced Cellophane. To show whether the air inside is keeping dry enough, the silica gel is impregnated with cobalt chloride, which turns pink if humidity rises above 30%-the point at which metal begins to rust. After unwrapping, silica gel can be dried and used again...
...recent estimate of German fighter production was 900-1,000 a month. Other estimates say production "does not exceed 2,000 a month." Nazi factories have been the object of continuous Allied attacks...