Word: sank
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...among those who pulled the strings . . . This block of ice . . . this block of marble . . . closed his ears to the voice of his conscience, as was demanded of him by the regime to which he was wholeheartedly devoted, and to which he had sold himself body and soul. Thus he sank from one depth to another, until, in the implementation of the 'final solution,' he reached the nether hell...
...other ideas. Trimmed down to a rock-hard 194 lbs., he sliced Cooper's tender face with slashing jabs in the first round, split open his nose and left eyebrow. In the second round, blood streaming from his wounds, Cooper fielded a right with his prominent jaw and sank to the canvas like a tired swan. "It was a good punch," Cooper said later, when he found his voice. "I never saw it. I didn't even feel it. If I could have got up, I would have...
...vulnerable, concluded that the nation was likely to panic under sustained air attack. The result was the Japanese decision to invade Midway and the Aleutians, the likeliest U.S. bomber bases. Dangerously overextended, they blundered into the Battle of the Coral Sea, in which a U.S. task force sank a Japanese carrier, first major ship to be sunk by the Allies...
...haired soprano who stepped onto the stage of Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera last week had already been honored in England as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. In more colloquial Italy, she had been dubbed "La Stupenda." Roughly two hours after her appearance, the Commander sank to the stage singing the words: "Al giunger tuo soltanto fia bello il del per me!" (Though only when you join me can heaven be heaven to me)-and was rewarded with a special American accolade, a sustained roar that lasted for twelve minutes and through ten curtain calls. Never...
...Thanksgiving Day last week, Harry's celebrated the 50th anniversary of its opening, and the sentiment flowed as freely as the booze. It seemed that oldtimers had come from all over the world to 5 Rue Daunou ("Just tell the taxi driver 'Sank Roo Doe Noo' ") to pay homage to the good old days...