Word: roughly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Soon they were halfway to the target, bumping through rough air over the Mediterranean. Some of the men got sick. The men knew that they, a handful only, must plant a cancer amidst the enemy and make it grow. They knew this even before the colonel spoke: "Well, boys, we are truly the first men of America tonight. We will be the first to land in Axis Europe. For hours & hours we will be alone. There will be enemies all around us and over our heads. We must do our best." Then, offhandedly, he added: "We are headed for Sicily...
...immediate horizon is like a black cloud with a silver lining. There is a rough stretch ahead come Saturday morning and its exam, but a dance in the afternoon and a picnic Sunday should do much toward cheering us up. We have developed a great respect for the Navy's ability to "plot and plan" with an eye of our amusement as well as our education. Thus far we have more than broken eyes...
...politician, Saracoglu would easily find a place for himself in the rough & tumble political arena of the U.S. He likes America, Americans and things American-automobiles, cigarets, architecture, movies, industry, government. He is a devotee of sports, an ardent rooter at Turkish soccer games. Unlike most European statesmen, he is approachable, informal, hearty and direct. He likes the cracker-barrel politics which, in Turkey, take place at small, informal dinners. A U.S. career diplomat of many years standing in Ankara said of him once: "He is more like an American politician than anyone else in European governments...
...lucky. It seems the more we ask about the reports that are due, the more excited we appear, so the instructors just elucidate a little here and there to keep us interested, and end up with a 15 page written assignment. And that from "a few figures on a rough map." Professor de Haas, we are surprised...
...need for dentistry in Alaska and wonders what his old friends do now for their aching jaws. If a dentist's office can be pleasant, the chair on the gently swaying deck, with halyards, birds and daughter Anna to look at, came near it. But when weather was rough and the deck bounced too much for the doctor to brace his stocky body for an extraction, he repaired to the dock and yanked without ceremony...