Word: onslaught
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...responsibility and even by the heavier forms of ambition. What he thirsts for is what he got last week−a sense of personal power, personally wielded, a centripetal force that brings men to his doorstep and makes responsible officers of Government turn in their tracks before his onslaught. A President cannot do that. A Senator, McCarthy's kind of Senator...
...sole reason for the Communist onslaught appeared to be the prestige of Thanthuong's Dominican priest, Father Barthelemy An. He had made Thanthuong a peaceful refuge. Father An once gave his flock 300 borrowed French rifles to defend themselves from the Communists. Father An was among the dead...
Recently, bird lovers found a new and even more potent ally than -St. Francis. In an unexpected bureaucratic onslaught on the gourmets, the national confederation of farmers declared that mass slaughter of the useful and insectivorous sparrows was highly prejudicial to the nation's agriculture. Madrid's authorities promptly forbade the sale of pájaros fritos anywhere within the city. Specially appointed vigilantes now prowl Madrid's alleys to see that the law is observed. The price of black-market sparrows has soared from...
...door slammed. A second later some little cowboy came pounding up the stairs as fast as his short legs would carry him. With a sinking feeling, I realized that the chase was on. I clamped my hand over the phone to keep out the noise, and braced for the onslaught. I knew what was coming because I had been through this before. I stuck out a leg to bar the door and nearly lost the leg as a tough-looking hombre about five years old opened the door with a lunge and stood panting, his six-shooter drawn for battle...
Princeton, last year's Pentagonal champions, Brown, favored to win this year's Ivy title, and host R.P.I., last year's unofficial Eastern champions, fell successively before the Canadian onslaught. St. Francis topped R.P.I., with six Canadians of its own, by a 4 to 1 count in the tourney final...