Word: driven
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...feel an unholy urge to chase him up a tree. Some of the congressional baying he has aroused is rooted deep in partisan politics. But the Secretary's unblinking disregard for opinion on Capitol Hill, and his back-arching criticism of his tormentors, has at times driven even Democrats to tooth-clicking leaps...
...young gunman bolted after her. Calarco gave chase, caught the boy out on the street and tried to grab the pistol. It went off three times as they wrestled, and the third shot hit Calarco in the throat. Tommy Cook galloped, panting, to the car and was driven off with a screech of tires. Calarco died on the way to the hospital...
With that for a hint, anyone could see that Lebrun's Armour was meant to be Roman, and that the three bent nails in the picture were the ones driven into Christ's hands and feet. But taken by itself, the painting was merely a competent and somewhat somber still life...
Things were looking up a bit in Burma. The government had driven both the two chief rebel forces, the Karens and the White Flag Communists, from their respective strongholds, Toungoo and Prome. Last week the government had one less foe in its many-sided civil war: the White Band PVOs (People's Volunteer Organization) surrendered. PVO Leader Bo La Yaung (whose name means "Officer Moonshine") talked with War Minister Bo Ne Win (whose name means "Officer Sunshine"), then ordered his 7,000 troops to "emerge from darkness and work in the light in a democratic way." Thus ended Burma...
...nation's 5,863,000 TV set owners show that their moviegoing has fallen off by 20 to 72%-even though TV entertainment is still largely an affront to the eye. What will happen to the theaters as the owners multiply and TV shows improve? The thought has driven groups of movie exhibitors into a frenzy of forced optimism and "showmanship,"* and their leaders have felt called upon to urge them not to sell their theaters...