Word: vicious
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Readiness to spread and act upon rumor and exaggeration is a fault to which Chinese and U.S. soldiers are especially prone. The Chinese like to indulge "the vicious habit" of self-dramatization, and flattery of their superiors. But, "of the many exaggerated stories I have heard in seven years . . . none can surpass those told by American pilots and infantrymen...
...have to expect that these dangers will continue for some time-cornered beasts are vicious...
...came last week from Sun Oil's President J. Howard Pew. In an open letter to Chairman Tom Connally of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Pew said his chief objection was the "vagueness" of the language, which could make the agreement "as in nocuous or as vicious as its administrators desire." Suspiciously he hinted that the agreement contains "the possibility of a first step in what might be a carefully laid plan for a superstate cartel." Since a government cartel "is no less reprehensible than a cartel entered into by individuals," the Senate should investigate the agreement and reveal...
...were just ready to start when all of a sudden bullets came whipping savagely right above our heads. Vicious little shells winged into a grassy hillside just beyond us. Finally the order to start was given. Soon we could hear rifle shots not far ahead, the rat-tat-tat of our machine guns, and the quick blirp-blirp of German machine pistols...
...Industrial Medicine, Researchers Foulger and Smith explained how the heart, without being diseased itself, quickly reflects changes in circulation caused by poisons, poor nutrition, anemia, fatigue, etc. Any one of these factors can start a vicious circle by lowering muscle tone throughout the body, thus impairing the return of blood to the heart. With less blood to pump, the muscles of the left side of the heart lose some of their oomph and sour notes result. The poor heart action adds to that tired feeling, contributes to the slow return of blood...