Word: odiously
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...added: "And now I challenge the Republican chairman to tell us where he stands on Eisenhower and Nixon!" The crowd came to its feet, alive, roaring and stomping its approval: Jack Kennedy had won it by his own display of courage and by turning all good Democrats against the odious Republicans. He was still a long, hard way from the Democratic nomination, but he had broken through a major roadblock...
...hear them tell about it back home, nothing is more odious to the governors of the several states than the concentration of power in Washington. But last week, gathered at historic Williamsburg, Va. for the 49th annual Governors' Conference, they heard President Eisenhower propose that the Federal Government should relinquish some of its responsibilities in favor of the states. The governors reacted as though he were trying to hand them a sockful of scorpions...
...Unwilling to make odious comparisons, Pravda failed to note that the U.S. in 1956 produced 115 million tons of steel, more than 500 million tons of coal, some 350 million tons of oil and 730 billion kw-h of electricity...
Despite any good intentions for his country, Eden, via his appallingly reckless policies, has foisted upon an already troubled free world another onerous, odious potpourri of perplexities, anxieties, and fears...
...some, it may be odious. For others, it may be pleasant. But it doesn't really matter much one way or the other, since all able-bodied freshmen, whether they like it or not, must fulfill their physical training requirements three times a week...