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WEEK 8 DAY 1
NEW WORDS
emaciated
surge
tranquil
sanctuary
ascend
ENTER DR. THOMAS A. DOOLEY
In 1956, Look Magazine named Thomas Dooley as one of the year's ten most outstanding men. Just under thirty years of age at the time, Dr. Dooley had already distinguished himself by caring for a half-million sick and emaciated Vietnamese refugees. When fighting broke out in the divided country of Viet Nam, the northern Communist Viet Minh forces surged southward, scattering thousands of refugees before them. At the time, Dr. Dooley was a lieutenant. assigned to a tranquil naval hospital in Yokosuka, Japan. Forthwith" he volunteered for duty on a navy ship that had been chosen to transport the refugees to sanctuary in Saigon. The curtain was beginning to ascend on Dooley's real career.
Sample Sentences Use the new words in the following sentences.
- The residents of the Warsaw Ghetto managed to win several skirmishes" from the Nazis.
- A firecracker terminated" the climate of the neighborhood.
- When Richard III violated the of the church to seize the princes, he exceeded his jurisdiction ."
- Chicago put its heaviest players up front, but they were helpless as the Giants· line toward them.
- Inexorably" the determined climber began to the Himalayan peak.
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TODAY'S IDIOM
sour grapes-to disparage* something that you cannot have
(from Aesop's fable about the fox who called the grapes sour because he could not reach them)
Marcia said that she didn't want to be on the Princitpal's Honor Roll
anyway, but we knew that it was Just sour grapes on her part.
WEEK 8 DAY 2
NEW WORDS
malnutrition
afflict
besiege
privation
sinister
DOOLEY'S MISSION
Aboard the refugee ship, Dooley's destiny took shape. He became painfully cognizant" of the malnutrition, disease, ignorance, and fear that afflicted the natives. In addition, he discerned" how active the Communists had been in spreading their anti-American propaganda. Tom Dooley pitched in to build shelters in Haiphong, and to comfort the poor Vietnamese there before that besieged city fell to the powerful Viet Minh forces. He was seemingly unconcerned by the many privations he had to endure. For his services, Dooley received the U.S. Navy's Legion of Merit. He told the story of this exciting experience in Deliver Us from Evil a best seller that alerted America to the plight of the Vietnamese as well as to the sinister menace of communism.
Sample Sentences Use the new words in the following sentences.
1. The stool pigeon, the detective's confidant." told him about the plot.
2. By running up a white flag, the troops indicated their desire to withdraw from the fray."
3. Citizens of several Kentucky mountain communities are by the worst poverty in the nation.
4.The emaciated" prisoners were obviously suffering from advanced
5. Albert Schweitzer endured considerable as a jungle doctor.
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TODAY'S IDIOM
to swap horses in midstream-to vote against a candidate
running for reelection, to change one's mind
The mayor asked for our support, pointing out how foolish
It would be to swap horses in midstream.
WEEK 8 DAY 3
NEW WORDS
ubiquitous
remote
thwart
harbinger
malignant
STYMIED* BY PERSONAL SICKNESS
After an extensive lecture tour in 1956, Dr. Dooley returned to Laos to set up a mobile medical unit. Because the Geneva Agreement barred the entrance of military personnel to the country, he resigned from the Navy and went to work as a civilian. That story is told in The Edge of Tomorrow. Next year. despite a growing illness, the ubiquitous Dooley turned up In the remote village of Muong Sing, attempting to thwart his traditional enemies-disease, dirt, ignorance, starvation-and hoping to quell" the spread of communism. But his trained medical eye soon told him that the pain In his chest and back was a harbinger of a malignant cancer.
Sample Sentences Use the new words in the following sentences.
- Sprinting all over the court, the referee called one foul after another.
- Ben's reprehensible" table manners led his fraternity brothers to seat him in a corner of the dining room.
- The excellent soup was a of the delicious meal to follow.
- In an attempt to the voracious" ants. he surrounded his house with a moat of burning oil.
- The surgeon finally located the tumor that had afflicted" his patient for many months.
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TODAY'S IDIOM
to cool one's heels-to be kept waiting
The shrewd mayor made the angry delegates cool their heels In his outer office.
WEEK 8 DAY 4
NEW WORDS
excruciating
respite
reverberating
fretful
succumb
"PROMISES TO KEEP"
From August, 1959 until his death in January, 1961, Dooley suffered almost continuous, excruciating pain. His normal weight of 180 was cut in half, and even the pain-kill1ng drugs could no longer bring relief. Knowing that he did not have long to live, Dr. Dooley worked without respite on behalf of MEDICO, the organization he had founded to bring medical aid and hope to the world's sick and needy. The lines of Robert Frost kept reverberating in his mind during those fretful days: Toe woods are lovely, dark and deep/ But I have promises to keep/ And miles to go before I sleep." When he finally succumbed, millions throughout the world were stunned and grief-stricken by the tragedy.
Sample Sentences Use the new words in the following sentences.
1. With slowness, the minute hand inched its way around the clock.
2. The rescue team heard the miner's voice through the caves.
3. Around income tax time faces are ubiquitous."
4. The voluble" insurance salesman gave my father no
5. Besieged" by debts, the corporation finally had to to bankruptcy.
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TODAY'S IDIOM
a red herring-something that diverts attention from the main issue
(a red herring drawn across a fox's path destroys the scent)
We felt that the introduction of his war record was
a red herring to keep us from inquiring into his graft.
WEEK 8 DAY 5
REVIEW
Shortly before his death, Dr. Dooley was selected by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as one of America's ten most outstanding young men. There may be no connection between success of that type and an expanded vocabulary-but one never knows.
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