Word: utterly
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...abandon their own industrial cities and set up their new power centers in the great capitals and industrial complexes of Western Europe. Confronted with such a vast fact, the U.S. would be faced with these alternatives: 1) to try to bomb the Russians out of Europe, which would mean utter destruction of the ancient seats of Western civilization; 2) to mount an invasion of Europe, in the teeth of the Red army forces and their atomic bombs; 3) to let the Communists keep their hold on Western Europe-and pray...
There is no particular prejudice against an 18-year-old girl who enters a national trapshooting contest. But she is not supposed to win. In the Grand American Trapshoot at Vandalia, Ohio last week, to the utter consternation of a 98% male field, one of them did just that...
...people utter folly...
...World War II (during which his hair turned practically white). His 44th Infantry Division drove through Germany into Austria, helped force the surrender of the Nineteenth German army, took 30,000 prisoners. General Dean was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross "for extraordinary heroism in action . . . outstanding leadership and utter disregard for personal safety." Said General Douglas MacArthur last week: "It is still hoped that this gallant officer, if alive, has not fallen into enemy hands...
...Brave) Kramer's film is especially notable for avoiding the slick solution and the easy out. It is not a picture in which faith-healers or master surgeons, in the last reel, make cripples walk again. Its basic theme is courage-courage in the face of utter hopelessness. It eloquently shows that cripples cannot get along with the world or themselves-and neither, for that matter, can normal people-unless they face reality and come to terms with...