Word: visione
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Castroviejo can resuscitate Ortiz as a political force, he will indeed have proved himself the genuine miracle man the pro-war press terms him. His miracle will have been twofold: to save a vision generally considered lost to diabetes, to rescue a national policy in danger of being lost to stubborn neutrality...
...Alexander the Great. But "the dive-bomber and the tank have removed many of the hardships and perils which formerly confronted an aggressor." And the aggressor that is now whipsawing his way through Burma is the most populous of the Axis nations. Expert Kir-alfy is alarmed by visions of Japanese forces striking at Alaska and Canada or crashing through Russia's Siberian rear. But the thought that throws him into a cold intellectual sweat is the vision of the Nazi and Japanese tank commanders shaking hands on the dusty plains of an India in which all pukka sahibs...
...instance, he said absolutely nothing to imply that "Accurate vision without eyestrain is of front-line importance," or even that "best performance comes from Shuron Shurset Full-Vue glasses of Quality Beyond Question." And he left it for some enlightened advertising manager to warn: "Don't be a Public Enemy. Be patriotic and smother sneezes with Kleenex...
...12/20 Vision Required...
...less than 66 inches or not more than 76 inches, and a weight of at least 132 pounds is required. The applicant must possess 20 of his own teeth in sound condition, of which at least four must be opposing molars, two on each side. He must have 12/20 vision in each eye unaided, any deficiencies to be corrected to 20/20 vision by properly fitting glasses...