Word: relentlessness
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Stauffenberg's bomb was no time bomb, but it dinned into Adolf Hitler's ears what time it was on history's relentless clock. The Junker felt that opportunism, the chief bond between them and Naziism now bound them to depose Hitler. For the time being Hitler restored the bond by a number of judicious hangings...
Gurley expects relentless competition from airlines, but he is betting heavily on the comforts of superdeluxe coach and sleeper trains. And Gurley knows the history of the Santa...
...political news of the week was that Franklin Roosevelt had apparently been persuaded to let the Democratic convention choose its own candidate for Vice President. This decision was partly the result of relentless pressure from the Southern conservatives in his own party, partly the product of counsel from New Dealers who prize victory higher than Henry Wallace...
...Schlesinger's successor as president of the I.L.G.W.U. Sigman was "a real proletarian, a type rare among labor leaders." He "fought Communist disruption on the left and at the same time undertook to clean up some of the political machines on his own side of the fence. . . . This relentless honesty was one of his great drawbacks as a leader. . . ." David Dubinsky, now president of the I.L.G.W.U., who finally drove the Communists out of the union, made the I.L.G...
Japanese naval caution was explained in part by new statistics in the silent, relentless war by U.S. submarines. The U.S. Navy Department announced 15 more Japanese vessels sunk by subs. Total sinkings of Japanese war and merchant ships since Pearl Harbor: 1,288 sunk, probably sunk, and damaged...