Word: dreadfully
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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From Rome: Italians would dread war under any circumstances, and the Korean disaster has alarmed and discouraged them. But the U.S.'s prestige does not depend on current setbacks or advances. Italians have seen too many of war's ups & downs to appraise the U.S. solely or even mainly on the Korean military record...
...undeclared war against Communist China. To do so, the U.S. would concentrate on using its predominant air and sea power to blockade China's vulnerable coastline, chop up its railroads and industries. China's Red bosses, whose power over the people is none too secure, will dread a long war with the U.S., fought on terms which the U.S. is able to dictate...
Appeal. It was the kind of solution that had a strong appeal to a large number of U.N. members, among them some nations that have long been stout U.S. allies. They stood in dread of how Soviet Russia would react if & when Douglas MacArthur drove to the Yalu River, finally stood arrayed 80 miles west of Vladivostok and 185 miles east of Port Arthur...
Behind the statements was the exquisite and unconcealed anxiety of U.S. leaders over the world crisis, their dread of a winter campaign in Korea, their ignorance of Communist China's reason for plunging into Korea, their bafflement over what Mao Tse-tung would do next. It was at Mao, chiefly, that they talked...
...girl who calls herself Eve Harrington appears at first to be sweet and sincere. Bette Davis is so anxious to help her succeed that she takes her on as a secretary and helper. Miss Davis's sympathy is soon transmuted to scorn and dread. The eventual efforts of the veteran actress to prove to her unsuspecting director sweetheart that Eve is evil only makes him redouble his efforts to help the girl. When Eve tries to seduce him he finally wakes...