Word: aptly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...class, she bounces about like a woman pursued; outside, she is apt to be found throwing an apiarian party, serving her guests dishes of honey just the way the Romans did. She has helped organize Latin Weeks in 30 different states, still keeps up a lively correspondence with teachers all over her own state. Last week, in a typical fit of enthusiasm, she told her forum audience: "I feel as if Latin, like the Phoenix, is arising from the ashes." In South Carolina, thanks to Dr. Martin, it apparently...
Despite the confident surface, her friends insist that Ros is a chronic worrier who sometimes gives way to spells of brooding and sudden tears. Her religion (Roman Catholic) bulks large in her life, and she is apt to describe her favorite priests as "living saints." But to religion, as to everything else, she brings a measure of humorous detachment: she once dubbed her flossy Beverly Hills parish church "Our Lady of the Cadillacs." She is a tireless do-gooder and works actively for some 30 charitable and civic activities. Usually she volunteers for the least popular job of all-raising...
...established tick, Dr. Philip explains, is so pleased with his situation that almost nothing will force him to let go. He will hang on grimly, even while being killed by insecticides. He can drop away any time he wants to, but if pulled roughly he is apt to commit suicide by abandoning his mouth-parts...
...Pittsburgh's Golden Triangle, Price runs his side of the race with all the quiet, unspectacular efficiency of one of his electric motors. No desk-pounder, when he wants something done, he offers it as a polite suggestion. But if it isn't done, Price is apt to remind a deputy: "When I make a suggestion. I don't mean it to be ignored." His aides have learned that he has "a whim of iron." He always uses the direct approach, either phones a man or sees him. writes no memos, hates even to dictate letters...
This is a capsule-sized description of one of the nation's biggest industries, but it is an apt one. For there is no other field except armaments that is so dependent on the country's war economy...