Word: whirlwinding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...officer who recaptured Mussolini in 1943. In Buenos Aires the man to see was Hans Ulrich Rudel, the one-legged Panzer knacker (tankbuster) now attached to Dictator Perón's army-training staff, who last week was given special leave to fly to Germany for a "whirlwind tour of speeches" on behalf...
...Gallup poll indicates that only 22% of the public interviewed think that McCarthy does more good than harm, then how come his smashing victory in Wisconsin, in spite of his inability to campaign against the whirlwind fight put up by his opponent and a number of Fair Deal orators? Was it this 22% that beat "Tydings, the Good" in Maryland? Must we finance British Socialism and pay more attention to their lords, dukes and sirs in the running of our affairs than we do to our own peoples' elected representatives...
...once taught history and law at London University, can state facts in the manner of Mr. Squeers informing one of Nicholas Nickleby's pupils that a thrashing will hurt you more than it does me. His "words of no offense" transformed Churchill's thunderclap into a transatlantic whirlwind...
...dapper young men stepped off a MATS plane in Paris last week and set forth on a whirlwind inspection tour. They were Roy Cohn, Senator Joe McCarthy's No. 1 investigator, and Gerard David...
Down with Melodrama. Ironically, the real reason for Cenerentola's long neglect has been another quality of Rossini's score: it demands the coloratura style throughout. The men as well as the women are called upon for whirlwind runs, tumbling arpeggios and fluttering trills. Today's singers (except for a few sopranos with eccentric larynxes) consider coloratura about as easy as tightrope walking, and few bother to take the necessary strenuous training...