Word: wringingly
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...Follette also asked what is to become of American-built air bases; of the vast American merchant marine. Then he argued that while U.S. troops are in the field, the U.S. must "use our bargaining power to wring democratic, anti-imperialistic concessions from our allies." People all over the world are "electrified by our might" but "dismayed to hear that the voice of this giant is only a tiny squeak in the councils of the victorious powers...
...permitted to choose their attorney; a Princeton-educated Japanese is assigned them. The head judge is the Empire's political brain. The charge is murder. Grounds: the flyers bombed nonmilitary objectives and machined-gunned children. The purpose of the trial: to appease the Japanese people and to wring from the flyers the precise source of the attack...
...athlete's foot now. . . . Whenever possible (in combat) remove your shoe pacs and massage your feet. This should be done every twelve hours. . . . Spare socks are your most valuable piece of extra clothing. Change to dry socks whenever possible, and if they are not available wring out your wet socks before putting them back...
Last week Vice Admiral Frederick J. Horne, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, slugged the nation with a guess calculated to wring the hands and freeze the marrow. Said Admiral Horne: "The main point is that we are planning material and ships for a war that will last at least until 1949. And that is not pessimistic...
...will be a terrible thing to contemplate--the spectacle of Soldiers Field gradually transforming itself into a jungle of cat-tails and Scotch thistles. And the thought of the press-box silent as an examination hall, the stillness broken only by gnawing of the termites, is one that could wring tears from a city editor...