Word: vicious
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...their winning drive, the men of the 32nd pushed 1,000 yards south of Limon, took the enemy by surprise and forced the crossing of the Leyte River, seizing a bridge on the road. But the Japanese were not panicked. The Imperial 26th Division struck back in a vicious counterattack, U.S. troops halted the attack, but their own push was slowed to a walk...
...Harvard football team. The Crimson victory was sweet revenge for the 6 to 6 tie last year at Soldiers Field. Bill Sweeney, Ed Davis, and Walt Coulson played bang-up defensive games for the Crimson as the granite line stopped all B.C. scoring threats. Blocking and tackling was vicious; the contest was "informal" in name only...
...victims, mostly old people. But the same bacterium-like organism can cause the terrible European epidemic typhus, which is spread by human lice and kills from 5 to 70% of its victims, depending on the virulence of the organism. Apparently, living with a louse makes the germ vicious...
...Vicious Circle. In Peoria, Ill., a frustrated burglar gave up after trying four times to crack a safe with a welding torch that promptly sealed up each hole that it melted open...
...reference to the letter of three Harvard students . . . perhaps it was their own attitude which caused Shakespeares' splendid and frank play to seem "vicious, degraded, and vile...