Word: sheer
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When members of his coalition threatened to rebel, he yanked them into line by the sheer force of his personality and his ruthless tongue. So deadly was his sting in Parliament ("The conducted tour of the Honorable Member's mind would have been more instructive if it had not taken place in gathering darkness") that opposition backbenchers were once cautioned against needling him. To a parliamentary complaint that he had a superiority complex, Menzies could only agree. "Considering the company I keep in this place," he snapped, "that is hardly surprising...
...power. And it is within the painting's faithfulness to nature that the miracle becomes more believable. Remains of their former meals lie scattered in the foreground. Amidst their curling manes and rippling bodies, Daniel is impaled by a shaft of light that slashes into the den. The sheer force of the composition points directly at the baroque style then in its flowering...
Encouraged by George Murphy's successful bid for the Senate-which proved that the public does not hold an acting career against a budding politician-Reagan (rhymes with pagan) has already traveled 10,000 miles and made 150 speeches in his bid for the G.O.P. nomination. By sheer activity, he has thus made himself the front runner among four G.O.P. hopefuls-even though he is a staunch conservative in a state where Republicanism has traditionally tended toward the progressive side. Reagan's political reputation dates from the 1964 presidential campaign when-only four years after becoming a Democrat...
...unit in Viet Nam was out hunting in battalion-or larger-sized operations-and so, too, showing the flag of allied support, were the South Vietnamese, the Koreans, Australians and New Zealanders. The other G.I.s had little luck compared with the 173rd's: whether out of tactic or sheer prudence, the Viet Cong lay low. That, in a measure, deprived the U.S. of the firm point Johnson wanted to make: that to underestimate his resolve could be disastrous. So the U.S. made it in other ways. The bombers usually busy over North Viet Nam were put to work blasting...
Cornell and Columbia looked so mediocre in the IAB last week that the Tigers and Quakers will probably stage a two-way battle for the League title. With plenty of height, balance and sheer talent, both of them should cream the Crimson this weekend...