Word: apte
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Laborite John Tinker, who had seconded the nomination, then advanced purposefully on Brown, to drag him from his seat. As Brown made the requisite gesture of protest, the two men seized his arms, separated him from his chair. (Origin of this tradition: during the 15th Century, Speakers were apt to be hanged by the King, so a new Speaker was understandably reluctant...
...Washington, said last week that U-boats cannot be beaten, and the war cannot be won, simply by building merchant ships a little faster than they are sunk. The past few months have been good ones largely because U-boats cannot operate efficiently in midwinter seas, and spring is apt to make Allied ships and hearts sink fast. The past few months have also seen vast extensions of Allied military lines, and campaigns of spring and summer are apt to stretch them farther yet. New construction is not outstripping new sinkings by a great enough margin to carry accumulating stocks...
...sometimes includes a whole company, but the ideal is the informal (they can smoke if they want), clublike meeting of a platoon, 20-25 men. Chaplains usually start with a 15-minute address on any topic they wish, then hold a 45-minute question-&-answer session. The Hour is apt to be quite as instructive for the padres as for their men. Many chaplains have been joggled by such questions as: "How can you justify the Church's ownership of slum property?" Many have been startled by posers like "Why is God always represented as male?" Some...
...question of how to prevent the annihilation of the liberal arts. Conant stressed, but rather there is the problem of adaptation of a traditional system to the needs of a modern age. Not only is there apt to be a resurgence of interest towards the liberal arts after concentration upon the sciences, but also men will realize that "a judicious blonding of the study of man and nature is the only sure foundation of a free common-wealth...
Picture Editor Dana Tasker says admirals are just about the hardest cover subjects - because oceans and battleships and gold braid look so much alike. Washington figures are also apt to be difficult. For example, how would you go about signalling the news significance of U.S. Economic Dictator James F. Byrnes for flash recognition...