Word: unpleasanter
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
With the dogged persistence of antiaircraft batteries blazing away at attacking bombers, Axis radio transmitters are fighting off United Nations' broadcasts with strange and unpleasant noises. When World War II began, Nazi jamming was unpredictable. Today Germany, Italy and Japan all jam regularly, systematically, most of the time.* In...
From Washington there came a new sour note this week as Senator George Aiken laid charges on the table that cast rather unpleasant light on the Maritime Commission's wartime budget. The issue was a move, pending Senate Naval Committee approval, to promote Emory Land, chairman of the Commission, from...
These sound humanitarian grounds are not likely to satisfy India's Moslems. In 1939 the Marquess of Linlithgow, India's Viceroy, announced that because every ship was needed for World War II, hajis would have to wait for peace to make their pilgrimage (usual season: November through January...
The most unpleasant feature of war is waiting. U.S. soldiers, sailors and marines defending Pacific outposts get along all right without much fresh food. They can stand the heat, the glare of the sun, the scarcity of beer and Coca-Cola. Unlike fighting men on islands in the western Pacific...
The root of the trouble is a difference of medical opinion. There are many anesthetics, each with its pros & cons, from which a surgeon may choose. For abdominal operations, for example, some surgeons prefer a spinal anesthetic. Other surgeons avoid spinals because they entail a somewhat greater risk of complications...