Word: thrust
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Ball insisted that he was not knocking Stassen's rivals. But Point 2 obviously thrust at Wendell Willkie, who has held no public office. And no one could miss the similarity of Point 3 to criticism of Tom Dewey. Joe Ball, adding his four points together, got Harold Stassen. From the South Seas, where Lieut. Commander Stassen is flag secretary to Admiral Bill Halsey, the waves brought no answer. The husky Minnesotan was as silent as a serviceman should...
From the beginning there was no doubt that the Allies' beachhead thrust at Nettuno was full of hazard. An amphibious landing on the flank of a stubborn, able foe was bound to be. But this week the risk looked bigger than it ever had, since first the troops waded ashore on the morning...
Democrat Abe Murdock of Utah thrust like a shark at this vulnerable opening. "I know it is the prayer in his heart, and it is the prayer in the heart of every other good, old, stand-pat Republican in the United States today . . . that Franklin D. Roosevelt would eliminate himself from politics and give them at least a shadow of a chance to bring in the Grand Old Party again. But I say to them . . . the American people still want Roosevelt...
...true, if he loses his nerve, he misses. The sword may be tossed in the air, perhaps bent from the force of the bull's charge. Then the matador must take another sword and steel himself to try again. But if his thrust succeeds, the bull stops with the handle of the sword projecting from his shoulders, stands for a moment and drops dead...
...gave Dorothy Stronach, hotel housekeeper, $20, told her: "Every time I meet you, a 20 is yours." He met her once more, shelled out another $20. Two maids who cleaned McLean's room got $50 apiece. An R.A.F. officer who bumped into McLean had $45 thrust upon him. Ruby Costello, 20-year-old bellhop, got $96 in tips. Total outlay in one day: $281. It left Kentville gasping. But it was really small-fry stuff for Harry McLean...