Word: savely
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that Britain was in fact determined to get out of Egypt as soon as possible and that continuing U.N. pressure for "immediate" withdrawal would only serve to stir up British national pride to such an extent that the Eden government might be forced to delay matters in order to save its skin. And in a final conciliatory burst, Britain sought to placate the Assembly by announcing that withdrawal of one battalion from Port Said would begin before the week was out. The Israelis, in an equally sudden access of amenability, announced that they had withdrawn two brigades-about...
...friends and allies did their best to save Britain this final pommeling. Canada's Lester Pearson, who sponsored the resolution setting up UNEF, assured the Assembly that the Menon resolution was "unnecessary." The U.S. delegation, torn between its desire not to damage the Atlantic alliance further and its anxiety to retain new-found U.S. prestige in Asia and Africa, wavered. Finally, in the third U.S. change of heart in two days, Cabot Lodge lukewarmly but conclusively lined the U.S. up behind Menon...
...expertly staffed General Hospital in Newcastle, five miles away, she was given 48 hours to live. Then, as Ellen Moore kept on fighting for her life, George Frederick Rowbotham, one of Britain's most noted brain specialists, took charge. He had no hope of saving her unborn child, but he hoped to save her life. As his patient's temperature began to rise dangerously, he had her swathed in bags of ice and dosed her with drugs. Her temperature fell to 85°, where it was kept off and on for weeks...
...painting, granted, but it is a magnificent display of color and design. I don't see how anyone can help being overpowered by it. Of course, if art is nothing but oil paintings, then let's throw away our slides, picture books, and save art only for those who can afford to travel all over Europe...
...remembered it, the entry must have made him uneasy. On July 9, 1861 Fanny was sealing a package that contained a lock of one of her children's hair. Her sleeve caught fire, and in a moment her light summer dress became a sheath of flame. Trying to save her, Longfellow was himself seriously burned. The next day Fanny Longfellow was dead, and from then on Henry's quota of suffering was enough for any poet. It never made him a great one, but 18 years after the event he wrote...