Word: thrustingly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...lesson should be obvious; traditional liberalism can shield a criminal, fascist government just as easily as a criminal, fascist faction within the society. We must recognize what is behind the shield that Archibald Cox was trying to interpose in Sanders Theatre. That shield must be thrust aside and the crimes brought to a halt...
...finds it quite inflexible-essentially good for nothing but proscenium staging. "A lot of money was spent to little effect," he claims, "for an arena capability that doesn't exist." He pointed out that no director could manage a genuinely three-sided staging even when the stage is thrust forward and the seats rearranged. "Who's going to direct for the hundred-odd people on either side when you have six-hundred out front?" The size of the Loeb exasperates him, because of its unfairness to non-professional actors. "These are people-sometimes very talented but who have little...
...immediate purpose of Lam Son 719 never was to "protect" withdrawing U.S. troops, even though that has been the longer-range justification advanced most often by the Administration. From the start, Richard Nixon's own top advisers described Lam Son-and the parallel thrust by 20,000 ARVN troops into Cambodia-mainly as an opportunity to reap some short-term gains. One important objective was to shore up the embattled regime in Cambodia by taking further pressure off the Cambodian army to the south. Another was to blunt Communist capability to wage offensives in South Viet Nam, particularly...
Married couples are as free as fencers. In the thrust and parry, each partner pinks the other, helping to drain away the anger and frustration that might otherwise fester within and poison the self. But the divorced person shadowboxes with a vivid phantom, the past. He or she is bound to an enemy that cannot be hit or flattened-memory. For the divorced, recollection is impacted pain. Regrets, bitterness, envy, hate stalk the mind...
...engineering analysis and help in adapting the engine for automotive use. To ensure that the car will not resemble a tank, the entire propulsion system cannot weigh more than 1,600 lbs., v. 1,300 lbs. for a conventional medium-sized car. Yet the system must be able to thrust the car from zero to 60 m.p.h. in 13 sec., drive it up a 5% grade at 60 m.p.h. and give it a top speed of 80 m.p.h. To make the engine marketable, the company must also find a way to lessen the danger of freeze-ups in frigid weather...