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Admiral William F. Halsey, whose foot and mouth seem to have a dreadful affinity, appeared to be stuck for life with his equestrian boast (that he would ride the Emperor's white horse down the streets of Tokyo): he got a white wooden mount in Manhattan from members of...
U.S. scientists were skeptical about the details, but not about the possibility that Russia, or other nations, might develop far more dreadful weapons (see SCIENCE).
One of the most dreadful occurred one December night when a plane carrying 30 nurses back from a Christmas dance in Chabua took off without clearance on a 20-minute flight to Ledo. The plane crashed in landing, killing the 30 nurses and the crew. On an even worse night...
"You see today a ruined Europe. If tomorrow you hear of suffering, disease, starvation and death on a large scale unknown before in times of peace, remember that that was in the first place the curse of Hitler and in the second place the dreadful responsibility of the German people...
"The dreadful responsibility rests on us to do all we can to save what can still be saved. But do not forget where the chief responsibility lies."