Word: ridiculouse
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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G.I.s arguing among themselves were as divided as the high-command councils. Some thought there should be an immediate ban, which might be lifted "when we see how we get along with the Japanese." (It had been that way in Germany, and the Allies had wound up looking ridiculous.) Whatever...
Contact was made between the 2,100-ton destroyer Nicholas, with a magnificent two-and-a-half-year combat record, and a frowzy little Japanese can bearing envoys and harbor pilots. Beside the Nicholas, the Hatsuzakura was pathetic; amid the power of the Third Fleet, she was ridiculous. Her three...
The first act, though long, was enjoyable, highlighted by Miss MacWatters' capable singing of the "Laughing Waltz," a difficult but novel arrangement of the Die Fledermaus motif. A lyric, "Who Knows," was the only outstanding original song and is destined most likely to fall into the clutches of the radio...
Like the Tune. Hardly had Aller time to snort "ridiculous" before irate Nebraskans rose up to smack down Democrat Boren. The sale price of Nebraska Power, said the Omaha Committee, was set after months of negotiations, valuations by two private firms. Since the sale, the Committee has paid off $600...
Do you think that when a man reaches senior rank his mind automatically shuts? Such a generalization is ridiculous. Of course, there are some brass hats who are stuffed shirts. There are also countless numbers of them who are alert, open-minded men spending every ounce of thought, knowledge and...