Word: sheer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...biggest political force in the nation (only De Gaulle stands taller). Italy's 1.5 million Communists have gradually increased their share of the vote until it stands at 25%. Many such Communist votes amount to a ritualistic protest by citizens who simply oppose the existing order. Yet through sheer numbers, the national parties today exercise a potent veto power on Moscow's line...
...sheer ebullience of that cry, tinged as it was with eagerness and naivete, was both sad and stirring. As the 101st's former commander-Ambassador Maxwell Taylor-was quick to point out, it will take far more than fighting spirit for the U.S. to succeed in Viet Nam. Hovering over the bay in a helicopter prior to his final departure for Washington, Taylor watched his old outfit land, then issued a soldierly warning. The Communist Viet Cong, he said, is "an enemy who is shrewd, well-trained, and with the guile of the American Indian during his best days...
...defense in the original trial "already knew or should have known" that Joyce was "a sexually promiscuous girl." The court held that the new evidence added little or nothing to that fact. To say that the new evidence might have further swayed the jury "would be to engage in sheer speculation...
Certainly Beethoven's Op. 135 was the highlight of the evening. At the end of the fourth movement, a tremendous collective sigh echoed through Sanders. And one of those rare moments of complete audience involvement was reached at the climax of the second movement, when the intensity and sheer magnitude of the sound emanating from those four instruments was unbelievable...
There is nothing much really new under the sunburst of color, however. The only show that can be called new-for TV at least-is Lost in Space (CBS), the story of a family named Robinson marooned on an unknown planet. (It must have been sheer torture for the boys to keep from calling it The Space Family Robinson.) Guy Williams, in silver suit minus his Zorro cloak, heads the mislaid clan. The amazing thing is that TV has never launched such a series into space before...