Word: bit
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...politics promise, Ike touched upon the farm problem only long enough to say that he would discuss it in detail (at Peoria this week). He guessed that "many of you here will not agree with me. Some of you, frankly, will probably think I am a little bit crazy. But I am quite sure that none of you will think I am not honest." The crowd applauded, and Ike went on to suggest how the nation might "find the right answers" to its problems great and small-by approaching them "as Americans and in the spirit of give-and-take...
...remarried in his absence, and his clumsy efforts to wrest their affections from the well-meaning and honest spouse number two. The bum never has much trouble with the kid but doesn't get to first base with the old lady. It is doubtful that one play ever bit off so much and chewed so little; the drama is sloppily constructed and implausible; and the resolution is meaningless...
...drinking bit, the President observed that there wasn't as much drinking in college as out, and that the average college man did not consume so much as his average father...
...gives The Advocate is not likely to be his best work, and while he is certainly a poet of ability, he has not yet reached the stature of one whose second best work is very much sought after. The poems are, however, readable, if not enjoyable. Kozol's opaque bit, "The Lady's Body," has a peculiar melody, but the content is more a hint than a whole for at least one reader...
...Deep Oil. The Magnolia Petroleum Co. announced a drilling mud that will make it possible to reach oil at depths that could neyer be attempted before, save more than $50,000 in costs on deep wells. Chemical muds are pumped down inside a drill pipe to the bit and then back up the hole, thus holding down subterranean oil pressures, keeping the bit cool, and carrying the drill cuttings back up to the surface. In deep holes, conventional muds jell under the intense heat and dry up at 300° F, cause expensive delays. The new muds, DMS (Drilling...