Word: awe
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...blasé Washington, OSRD is regarded almost with awe. Significantly, this is less because of its scientific accomplishments than because of its smooth operation. OSRD is one of the few executive agencies that in four turbulent years has had no internal quarrels, no tiffs with Congress, no reorganization; its original line-up of top men is still intact. Of course, OSRD, being virtually a military secret, is also virtually invisible. But it is not completely invisible; and much of the credit for its immunity from attack has been due to OSRD's able, self-effacing boss, Vannevar Bush...
...rationed U.S. gawked in awe and envy. Canadians were delighted. In Parliament, Finance Minister James Lorimer Ilsley had guardedly answered an M.P.'s question about current Canadian meat surpluses by saying that the Government "will consider" discontinuing meat rationing and meatless Tuesdays...
Love is a word common to our everyday vocabulary. Some pronounce it carelessly, others caressingly. Some treat it lightly, some reverently. Some write it on a piece of paper and look upon the written word with awe. Others just go on chewing their gum and, having finished, deposit it with nonchalance upon that very piece of paper...
...Friends. Molotov started the social ball rolling with a tea on Sunday, at which the delegates showed some awe of one another, and Stalin took it on himself to move around and get everyone talking. But the ice was broken with a vengeance at dinner, and stayed broken. Stalin enthusiastically sipped Roosevelt's special Martinis (the President decided against trying out old-fashioneds). Toasts were mostly in champagne, but Churchill stuck to his favorite still wines...
...name of this problem is, obviously, Frank Sinatra, and in the space of three-quarters of an hour, he shows, with the active cooperation of his audience, what may happen when this younger generation finally takes over--and the possible developments are truly awe-inspiring...