Word: valiants
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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General Omar Bradley made a valiant attempt to bail Truman out. The fact was, said Bradley, that the President had directed him a week before to arrange briefings for Eisenhower. However, since Ike was so well informed on the international situation, neither Bradley nor Defense Secretary Lovett had seen any need to make immediate arrangements with Eisenhower. "Being unfamiliar with political matters," added Bradley with overdone innocence, "it never occurred to me that the timing of notification might become an issue...
...uncommonly gross and unrestrained one. He gave free rein to all his appetites-from women to power, and treated his Premiers as he did his girl friends, changing them constantly (five Premiers in one six-month period). After the birth of his only son he made a valiant effort to straighten up, and brought in honest Premier Hilary Pasha to purge the corruption that was endangering the government. But inevitably, Hilaly's probings led close to Farouk's palace gang, and the King dumped the honest Premier...
...most illustrious names (Borgheses have been popes, cardinals and generals). Prince Junio is one of the few authentic Italian heroes of World War II. He commanded the two-man submarines that crept into Alexandria Harbor one dark December night in 1941, blowing up H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth and H.M.S. Valiant and for a time paralyzing the British in the Mediterranean. When the beaten Mussolini fled to north Italy and founded his short-lived Fascist republic, Borghese went along, served as chief of staff .of a nonexistent navy. For his cruelty toward partisans and hostages, Borghese was sentenced to twelve years imprisonment...
...topics, following these with a rich array of synonyms, colloquialisms and comparisons. The topic courage, for instance, involved for him everything from audacity to spunk, Perseus to gamecock, to "beard the lion in his den." Roget also included appropriate quotations: e.g., "Every dog is a lion at home" . . . "The valiant never taste of death but once...
...Valiant Educator...