Word: festering
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Lilies that fester smell far worse than
...Vietnamese "gluepot." Far more Europe-minded than his friend Dean Rusk, Ball believes that by making Viet Nam a major battleground with the Communists, the U.S. has failed to cope adequately with De Gaulle, jeopardized any new approach to China, and let the problem of a divided Germany fester far too long...
...this has not been enough. Like a wound at first neglected, then treated with the wrong medicine, the Northeast continues to fester as the war flares on. It is no longer rare for a Communist band to take over a village for a propaganda session that is often climaxed by the execution of a local official. In 1967's first nine months, 216 government officials and supporters were assassinated, more than double the total for the same period in 1966 and equal to the level of Viet Nam in 1959. Because there are not enough men or resources, security...
...wrenching attempt to be fair while partisan in judging and convicting the man-all of it is replayed in Hausner's tautly written pages. He admits his purpose plainly: neither the Jews nor the rest of the world should rest easily as long as the Nazi impulse still festers among men. And it does fester. Hausner quotes letters in his files from people around the world, including the U.S., applauding the likes of Eichmann...
...magazine which will sport a cover graced with the lovely lines of Terre Packer (Playmates of November, 1964) arrayed in the Lampoon's somewhat modified Fester costume, stands to make a clear profit of $100,000 if there is a complete sell...