Word: worsted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...something remote that took place in rice fields and jungles, has come to stay in the capital ever since the first shock of the massive Communist Tet offensive last February. And life is now far grimmer for Saigon's 2,500,000 residents than it was at the worst...
...somebody gets socked, it's worth at least 100 and perhaps 1,000 votes to the Gaullists," said one ranking French Communist. To counter this, the Communists sought to project themselves as a patriotic party of moderation. "We are not adventurers!" cried Party Boss Waldeck Rochet. In the worst moments of the revolt, he claimed with some justification, it was the Communists who had "barred the road to bloody adventure." His appeal: "For peace and national independence, vote Communist...
...time peak of 21,350,000 shares. It was the third time since April 1 that Big Board turnover had reached new heights, eclipsing by ever-increasing margins the 39-year-old record of 16,410,000 shares traded on Oct. 29, 1929, when the market suffered its worst crash. On the American Stock Exchange, a center of speculation that worries many brokers, volume surged to a new high of 10,810,000 shares...
...paperwork snarl-by a considerable margin the worst in Wall Street history-began when President Johnson's Viet Nam peace moves sent stocks on a spring spree. Since April 1, Big Board trading has averaged 14 million shares a day, up 40% from the first quarter. The smaller American Exchange has been hit by a 50% increase to 7,500,000 shares a day. In consequence, brokers have been unable to deliver stock certificates to customers within the allotted five business days after they are bought or sold. Compounded by increasing clerical errors, the discrepancies and slippages by last...
...mastoid, which is a spongy, honeycomb bone. Behind that is the thickest part of your head. That's solid. The little bullet would have just bounced off. But hitting the mastoid, it sent bone fragments shooting all over the Senator's brain. The bone fragments are the worst part, not the bullet fragments. The bullet is pretty sterile from the heat, and once the fragments are in the brain, they don't do any more damage. But the bone fragments are sharp and dirty, medically speaking...