Word: barings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...bare 13 months old and growing fast, ESSA has united the Weather Bureau, Coast & Geodetic Survey and the Bureau of Standards' Central Radio Propagation Laboratory, creating a 10,000-man agency under the Department of Commerce. As envisioned by President Johnson, it is to "provide a single national focus for our efforts to describe, understand and predict the state of the oceans, the state of the lower and upper atmosphere, and the size and shape of the earth...
Soprano Marsh was scheduled to sing again, but she developed tonsillitis. When the malady lingered on, a hasty call went out to Veronica Tyler. Arriving from New York a bare hour ahead of time with her yellow gown over her arm, Tyler swept onstage with complete aplomb and velvet voice to repeat two of the arias she had sung in her previous appearance with the orchestra. "These young singers and musicians are great-no pretensions, natural, enthusiastic, no pettiness," marveled Orchestra Manager Thomas Perry. Shrugged Baltimore-born Tyler: "I've learned to relax, and I love to sing...
...always been marked by the pomp and panoply of Britain's imperial traditions. A member of the royal family usually flew out to hand over the articles of independence. The governor general was on hand in his gold-braided uniform and cocked hat. Tribal dancers exploded in bare-breasted ecstasy. Then, promptly at midnight, bullnecked district officers wept openly as a bugle sounded and the Union Jack came down...
...meter run knowing that he needed to beat Hodge by at least 21 sec. to get enough points to pull ahead. Breaking the tape, he collapsed exhausted on the infield grass and waited for Hodge to finish. Hodge staggered across the line 20.1 sec. behind Toomey, enough-by a bare second...
Leather Is Best. The major reason for the recent increase, says Robert O'Donnell of the Greater New York Safety Council, is the inexperience of new motorcycle owners. "The pro in cycling wears durable clothing, such as leathers, and a proper helmet, and never has bare arms or legs. He knows how to handle his machine-in contrast with the put-put crowd in the go-go set. The most serious accidents happen to these people, who are not sufficiently skilled and drive around without proper equipment...