Word: swallows
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...situation prevailing at home and abroad and have concluded that continuing the war means destruction for the nation and a prolongation of bloodshed and cruelty in the world." Some of those present began to weep. "The time has come," Hirohito went on, "when we must bear the unbearable. I swallow my tears and give my sanction to the proposal to accept the Allied proclamation on the basis outlined by the Foreign Minister...
...informal and unenforceable pledge to buy more U.S. car parts--not to be imported by Japan but to be built into the cars they assemble in America. That is exactly the sort of arrangement the White House insists it will no longer accept. And if it does swallow some minor compromise out of fear of the very real disasters of a true trade war, that may only stiffen its resolve to hang tougher next time around...
...other hand, the Crimson had a tough season outside the Ancient Eight. While a winless record in itself is tough to swallow, the way in which Harvard lost made it even more painful...
...Strike, as such, essentially petered out after a final Faculty meeting acceded to the key parts of Afro's demands concerning the Afro-American Studies Department. Since part of those demands involved a student role in selecting faculty for the department, the Faculty had to swallow hard...
...self-congratulatory tone was, of course, premature. As the bombs over Zagreb proved, the Krajina Serbs were in no way ready to swallow defeat, but they were quite prepared to kill civilians. Twelve rockets fell on the city. Some of them were confirmed to be Orkans, manufactured by Yugoslavia in partnership with Iraq, carrying antipersonnel warheads that spew out up to 288 deadly metal "bells," or bombs, packed with explosives and buckshot. The toll was six dead, 180 wounded...