Word: toward
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Atlas. "Through the marvels of scientific advance my voice is coming to you from a satellite circling in outer space. My message is a simple one. Through this unique means I convey to you and to all mankind America's wish for peace on earth and good will toward men everywhere...
...after his dramatic announcement of success, the President hurried into Press Secretary Hagerty's office to listen with newsmen to a playback of his taped message. Ike's amazement was written all over his face as he sat in Hagerty's chair, cocked his ear toward the loudspeaker, heard the eerie sound of his voice coming from 400 miles above the earth. Turning to the reporters, he said: "That's one of the astounding things again in this age of invention. Maybe the next thing they'll do is televise pictures down here...
...leader and California's Thomas Kuchel for assistant leader. But with defections such as that of Kentucky's Morton, they could not quite count enough votes. And they were sure to be able to count even fewer for so long as Ike continued to throw his weight toward "unity" behind Senate Republicans who had consistently opposed...
Then the Japanese attack, and for the rest of the movie, Bergman drifts among the battles like a montage of Brünnhilde and Florence Nightingale-until she turns, toward the end, into Mrs. Moses, and marches about 100 motherless children across miles of rugged country, through the enemy's lines, to safety with the Chinese forces...
...bulk of The Divine Wind goes far toward fulfilling the Japanese authors' hope of disclosing what was going on in the minds of the Kamikaze men-among them Admiral Onishi. With Japan's decision to surrender, marking the failure of his divine wind, he committed harakiri. At its organization, Onishi had presented the Kamikaze staff with a launching poem...