Word: assaulting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...week, Chapman complained that his memory now has big gaps in it and that his personality has changed for the worse. His capabilities have been reduced, he claims, along with his initiative, and that cuts down his chances of advancement. However, having been acquitted on charges of drunkenness and assault, Chapman still had enough initiative to sue the Washington Terminal...
...gate at Jamaica race track in the first race of his young life. His name was Air Lift, and he carried the brown & white colors of Texas' famous King Ranch. Horsemen had looked him over in the paddock with care and admiration. He was a full brother of Assault, who won the Triple Crown for King Ranch and Trainer Max Hirsch in 1946, and a son of Bold Venture, who won the Derby and Preakness in 1936. On his dam's side, he was descended from the great Equipoise...
...happened to American civilization, the American home, the American church, and our educational system, that it produces or tolerates this sort of conduct? And why should the St. Louis law enforcement agencies be so lenient with such rioters? Is closing the pools to Negroes the answer? Is the assault of a mob on a few helpless individuals a less serious offense than an assault of a single individual upon another...
Shortly before Pope Pius XII published the decree, Czech Communists had taken another step in their assault on Prague's Archbishop Beran and his hierarchy. In a memorandum signed by Party Secretary Rudolf Slansky, plans were made to build up a government-controlled national church. Another circular detailed punishments for priests who had read Beran's pastoral letters denouncing Communist persecution of the church. "Finally," said the circular, "we shall accuse [the Catholic hierarchy] directly of high treason...
...would be as perfect a husband as a woman could find." Otherwise, as his Chrestomathy proves, he has been consistent in his peeves and gripes through several decades. But Mencken seldom descended to personal brawls in print. Like many a man with a terrible pen, he preferred the assault on the group. Says he: "I have never found it difficult to be on good terms, personally, with my enemies. I always try to choose decent ones. When I encounter a mucker, I simply avoid...