Word: awkwardnesses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...helicopter came of age in 1950 in the Korean war. On awkward, whirring wings, from Korean battlefields to Brazilian jungles, it has fluttered to the rescue of grounded airmen. It has ferried passengers and cargo to remote landings that were unreachable by conventional, straight-wing planes. Last week the helicopter added new range to its versatility. In a 3,400-mile hop, skip & jump, a pair of Sikorsky H19 helicopters landed in Prestwick, Scotland, after a leisurely 16-day flight from Westover Field, Mass. For the first time, rotary-wing aircraft had spanned the Atlantic...
...desirability of having a college artificial ice surface. In 1922, Alfred Winsor spoke of the disadvantage of Harvard hockey in the face of its two principal rivals, Yale and Princeton, who virtually had rinks of their own. The Area was opened in 1910, but it has always meant an awkward trip and a very crowded schedule. Now oven prop schools like Andover, Taft, and 8t. Doms have rinks, with 8t. George's and Choate hoping to open their soon...
...some point, I sought relief from my distress by trying to pray . . . As I continued to pray raggedly, prayer ceased to be an awkward and self-conscious act. It became a daily need to which I looked forward . . . The torrent that swept through me in 1937 and the first months of 1938 swept my spirit clear to discern one truth: 'Man without mysticism is a monster.' I do not mean, of course, that I denied the usefulness of reason and knowledge. What I grasped was that religion begins at the point where reason and knowledge are powerless...
...Think Over. Obviously surprised by such a sweeping assertion of presidential powers, Judge Pine prodded Attorney Baldridge into some awkward corners...
Zinka Milanov has a rich, compelling voice, but she was too big and too awkward for a believable Aida. The really outstanding principal in this production was Mario Del Monaco. His Radames was always exciting. Not only can be act, but also his full-bodied tenor voice (especially in "Celestc Aida" where he hit the fabulous B-flat without a tremor) shows training and power...