Word: rancore
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...till now, each returning battalion has been replaced by an equal number of new Egyptian levies. Egyptians would remain in Yemen, he said, "until it is ascertained beyond any shadow of a doubt, and beyond deception, that the reactionary elements have, as a result of their defeat, contained their rancor against the revolution...
...committees have occasionally become tyrants in their own right and bottled up bills they did not like. Rules Committee Chairman Adolph Sabath once faked a heart attack when pressure was put on him to put a resolution to a vote. But today's House operates with much less rancor than in the past and more give-and-take. Said Sam Rayburn, one of the greatest Speakers, and yet one of the mildest: "The old day of pounding the desk and giving people hell is gone. We're all grown up now. A man's got to lead...
...Italian transport for their own retreat, leaving many Italians to freeze to death in the Russian winter. They also gleefully filmed Italians fleeing from battle. Mussolini received a letter from a soldier at the front: "Among the officers of both higher and lower rank a general feeling of rancor and distrust against the Germans is generally predominant here." It was no coincidence, notes Deakin, that many Italians who had fought in Russia joined the partisans when they returned to Italy...
...about an increase in earnings for the year as a whole." Businessmen are impressed by the stock market's rebound from last summer's lows, the upsurge in consumer spending, and the higher depreciation allowances that have already boosted companies' cash flow. Some of the earlier rancor against President Kennedy has even softened, not necessarily because businessmen think Kennedy is a friend, but because they rate him too wise a politician to hurt business deliberately...
Republican Rancor. In Massachusetts, Teddy Kennedy's rout of George Cabot Lodge was perfectly predictable. Far less so was Peabody's apparent win over Republican Governor John A. Volpe. In Connecticut, former Health, Education and Welfare Secretary Abraham Ribicoff, long touted as the greatest Democratic vote getter in the state's history, had his troubles beating Republican Representative Horace Seely-Brown Jr. in the senatorial race. Ex-Governor Ribicoff ran far behind his ticket mate, Democratic Governor John Dempsey, who appealed to the- voters to "please give me your prayers." Dempsey's Republican opponent, Insurance...