Word: utters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...report's conclusions constitute a rebuke to Smith, whose popularity among Rhodesia's whites has been declining recently. Last week in Salisbury he called a press conference to denounce the Pearce Commission as "a complete and utter farce." The findings also present a dilemma for Britain. Conceivably, Prime Minister Edward Heath could ignore the report and go ahead with the proposed settlement-thereby risking a violent reaction from Rhodesia's black majority as well as a bitter parliamentary debate. The only alternative would be to go back to the drawing board in search of a new settlement...
...highly-touted Princeton lightweight conglomerate had bitten the dust, and one could sense the frustration in Fischer's words. Fischer had watched from the launch in disbelief as Harvard took an early lead, and when the Crimson moved out by more than a length. Fischer's head dropped in utter dejection. It was that decisive a Harvard victory. And it is a long way back to New Jersey...
...stage shot up above a spray of colored debris from the lower stage's protective gold foil. The camera worked so well that Houston could follow Orion's ascent for nearly two minutes, until the little craft was no more than a speck of light against the utter blackness of space. Later, after Orion locked with Casper in moon orbit, Young and Duke rejoined Mattingly, who could not resist twitting them about all the dust and debris they were bringing with them. Later, having nearly obscured their original check lists with fresh flight data radioed by Houston, Duke...
...fully completed. She is literally missing part of her brain." The victim of a chromosomal abnormality, Tracy suffers from what doctors call "profound" mental retardation. At 21 months, she can neither walk nor feed herself, nor say the few words that most children her age have begun to utter. Her life expectancy is short...
...poignancy of Pritchett's early career lies in his utter isolation. Any kill he acquired was the product of reading or laborious trial and error. Joyce, Hemingway and Stein were in Paris when Pritchett was. He had never heard of them, nor had he any notion of what they were trying to do. After two years in France, he signed on as Monitor correspondent in Ireland-during the Troubles-and later went to Spain. He was so ignorant of journalism that for a while he was unaware that he could even approach government or political figures for interviews. Later...