Word: strikingly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...skillfulness of the murdered one, the heart and liver to acquire his courage, the sexual organs to gain his power. Like the famed Aniotas or leopard men, Belgian officials say, the murderers often wore hooded, waist-long cloaks of crocodile skin that left their arms free to seize and strike. The attacks mostly took place at dawn or twilight in foggy or hazy weather, and the victims were often paralyzed by fright by the supernatural appearance of the crocodile...
...deals sink home. A group of Peronista oilworkers in Mendoza gave Frondizi 48 hours to cancel the oil contracts. When Frondizi ignored their ultimatum, they struck. The national oilworkers' union then called for a nationwide walkout, and other Communist-and-Peronista-dominat-ed unions threatened a general strike...
Frondizi decided it was time to throw away the carrot and use the stick. He won the support of the armed forces by agreeing to stop wooing Peronistas. Then, by radio, he made his "final plea" for an end to the strike, blaming "Communists" and "political groups who believe it is possible to restore the ousted dictatorship." When the plea failed, Frondizi acted. He fired Peronista-Wooer Frigerio. declared a 30-day state of siege, ordered a nationwide roundup of strike leaders. Within a few hours, 468 Peronistas and Communists were in jail...
...American, I mean, to lose? Doesn't this strike right at the roots of what made America great, that gave me confidence in a growing America? Isn't it against what our forefathers fought for, so valiantly? What our sons perished for, on five continents? What Harlow Curtice stressed in his speech at the AMA convention...
Despite Administration fears, the Houses are not too hard to fill. They might take in a forced commuter or two, or turn an empty room into an office for a non-resident tutor. In any case, losing three of four unhappy individuals should not "strike at the roots" of any healthy House...