Word: onslaught
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...either that or no more women," categorically stated shy, misogynist John A. Holabird, Jr. '42, recently appointed Committee Chairman, as he hastily field his dinner table last night before the onslaught of a bevy of knit-clad females...
...Washington, balding, long-faced Robert Brennan, Eire's Minister to the U.S., lengthily argued that Eire's entrance into the war would be disastrous both for Great Britain and for Eire. The gist: Eire's national unity would be shattered. There would be a Nazi air onslaught against Eire and possibly an invasion. Great Britain might find itself attacked on a great new front, with the sea lanes virtually impassable. In any event, Nazi bombing and sea fighting would make it impossible for Eire to continue to ship to Britain an annual cargo of approximately...
...could not have held up our face before the world, it we had not diluted our troops in Libya to support Greece against the Nazi onslaught," he declared. He also praised America for its generous aid to his country, and noted the growth of pro-British sentiment here during his 2 1/2 years' absence as High Commissioner in Canada...
...command at Manassas II the next year (1862), and he did fail to follow up after a crushing first onslaught, allowing Pope of the North to retreat across Bull Run with most of his army. Lee urged-when he might have compelled-Longstreet to attack a day earlier than he actually did. The day after Longstreet finally came through, rain, mud and hunger were working against successful pursuit...
...with an open house for press photographers in the Newell Boat House. However, unofficially, the crewmen have been making continual progress since the Charles river Ice drove them indoors last fall. But since a line must be drawn somewhere, tradition seems to set this "official" opening at the annual onslaught of Boston cameramen...