Word: aptness
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...only a step away from the Stone Age. The 700.000 Papuans are scattered into some 200 different tribes, each with its own language and each savagely hostile toward the others. Since killing virtually holds the status of a sporting event among the tribesmen, a Papuan convicted of murder is apt to get only two weeks in jail by a backwoods court, while a European would in all likelihood be hanged. In some areas, pigs are more valuable than women. To get strength, native warriors tie dried pigs' testicles around their arms, later roast and eat them. Their animalist religion...
...advertising my career . . . because it combines real imagination with a deep study of psychology.'' But today. Americans talk about advertising more than ever because it has woven itself inextricably into the texture of their everyday lives. The first songs sung by today's toddlers are less apt to be nursery rhymes than mesmeric radio and TV jingles. Millions of Americans might have trouble identifying Ernest Hemingway, but it would be hard to find one who does not know what to order for The Pause That Refreshes...
...GENERAL council," says the Most Rev. Thomas Roberts, retired Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bombay, "is a football match at which all the players are bishops." It is an apt likeness, for church councils of the past* were often tense and bitter...
With his concentration of running power, Yovicsin is apt to call for heavy use of the "power sweep," particularly off the basic-T. (When talking about the plays we will assume a motion to the right. The Crimson runs the plays both ways, however.) In this play the right halfback often cuts off tackle, the fullback off guard, and the left half through the middle. The quarterback can either pitch-out or hand-off to one of these men, or keep the ball and go around the end. If the quarterback pitches out, look for the halfback...
...Robms. Death chains of this sort are fortunately not common. A report published by the Wilson Ornithological Society says that most spraying does little damage to most birds, and still less to wild mammals. Fish are more sensitive; when certain insecticides are washed into streams or lakes, they are apt to kill everything that moves on fins. Perhaps the worst effect on birds is the reduction of edible insects, which are important food for many species. But the damage is not complete; not even Miss Carson can point to a single sizable sprayed area where "no birds sing...