Word: wronged
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Nazis-and at least one reporter doggedly held the scientist responsible. "How do you feel now about your work during the war and its effects on my country?" "I greatly regret the abuse of science, but there is an old English saying, 'My country, right or wrong,' and that goes for Germany too." Later in his visit, the missileman's tone was softer. "There are still many scars in people's hearts," he said. "London has always been my favorite city. I want to say how sorry...
...remarkable relics in baseball. Years of catastrophe have put a permanent crook in the elbow. Under the strain of a game, the arm literally shortens two inches. Says one National League trainer: "You name it, that arm has it-bone chips, arthritis, a pathological condition, anything that can go wrong...
...world waited; crowds gathered in the streets of Moscow to watch the moon sailing coldly overhead. U.S. radio receivers were on the wrong side of the earth, but at Jodrell Bank the beeping continued while the moon climbed higher. As the predicted moment approached, the beeps wavered slightly. Then they stopped. In Moscow the radio stopped its program for an announcement. After an unexplained delay (perhaps for rechecking), the radio played a few bars of the International and the announcer said: "At 00:02:24 Moscow time [5:02:24 E.D.T.] the second Soviet cosmic rocket reached the surface...
Molinaro, 31, is part of the so-called "new wave" of young French directors. If Back to the Wall bears any message, it is that the new wave is still some distance from shore and seems to be headed in the wrong direction. More American than French, the film lathers its small offering of Frankish realism and nuance with a thick layer of Hollywood formula...
...problems grow in their complexity, a once thriving breed of rugged radicals is dying a lingering death. In the place of vigorous protest and proposals, a majority of today's undergraduates--calling themselves "moderate liberals"--voice either vague satisfaction or, at worst, a perplexed feeling that something, somewhere, is wrong...