Word: vicious
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...barrage," said a Navy citation, "was followed by a vicious assault by onrushing enemy troops. Resolutely advancing through the veritable curtain of fire to aid his stricken comrades, Hammond moved among the stalwart garrison of marines and, although critically wounded himself, valiantly continued to administer aid to the other wounded throughout an exhausting four-hour period. When the unit was ordered to with draw, he skillfully directed the evacuation of casualties and remained in the fire-swept area . . . until he was struck by a round of enemy mortar fire and fell, mortally wounded. By his exceptional fortitude, inspiring initiative...
...surrenders to political expediency I have ever seen. He employed a sophisticated manner resembling McCarthyism. He seems to have purposely forgotten that ADA was formed in 1947 by militant anti-Communist Liberals to fight Communism. His implied charge of 'leftism' in the ADA is as foolish as it is vicious...
...fight, probably the most vicious outburst since the early days of "sock-it-to-'em," broke out among the players after the game. The fight encompassed most of the Brown line plus Bill Meigs. Bernie O'Brien, and John Culver. The last glimpses had Culver with a Bruin in each paw as the coaches and police broke things...
...Young, a professional Benson foe, got new headlines by demanding the Secretary's resignation. One of the few members of Congress to come to Benson's defense was Vermont's George Aiken, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, who said Benson was the victim of a "vicious smear campaign...
...didn't fight for them, and I stayed on for four years before I gave up. I learned a lot of things about teaching that aren't in the books. In a high school like ours, you have a few tough ones and a few vicious ones in almost every class. and you have to watch them every second or they will take over your control of the others. If they do. you're lost...