Word: youthful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...They should hang the man," he said, in words touched by the Italian accents of his youth. "He is a no-good son of a bitch. I should pull the rope. This is too much of a trial. They should never give him a trial. They never trialed us. They killed people like flies. Send...
...stood out like a white flag. While Secretary Forrestal smiled approval, 60-year-old Admiral Nimitz formally presented the new cast of characters now taking over from 67-year-old Admiral King's war-weary team. As things go in the Navy, the accent was decidedly on youth: the new high command averaged five and a half years younger...
...Comrades! . . . We have to begin anew and to learn from our mistakes. . . . Which forces can we consider on our side? The still unorganized, suffering labor groups . . . part of the middle classes and the youth . . . part of the bourgeoisie which was cheated under the Nazi regime and is now afraid of being swallowed by American imperialism. All these forces must be combined for the struggle to reach the next partial goal, a democratic Germany...
...friend; just walk down your own Main Street in your own town and count the drunks and smell the liquor; does it shock you? Nauseate you? If those at home can do it, why not the boys who bled and fought for you? Instead of running down the American youth as you seem to delight in doing, you should thank your God that it is Americans running wild in Europe and not Nazis and Japs running wild...
...church, cheery letters from his sisters, and a firm belief in the strength of his armor plate kept him going until headaches and nervousness got him down. ¶ A sergeant had nightmares; he also had near-hysteria at the sight of blood. He had known about his condition since youth, and took regular slugs of brandy to quiet his nerves. In a cheerful, half-drunk state, he commanded a tank for two months. ¶ A soldier who had suffered tantrums as a child hardened up when his brother was killed at his side. Desire for revenge replaced fear...