Word: bitting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Europe's response is largely defensive. The British protest that they are already pulling their weight helping Asian and African members of the Commonwealth. Paris points to last year's $100 million to the French Community's African members. But, bit by bit, Washington's new approach is beginning to have its effect. Under U.S. pressure, the European countries and Japan have agreed to join with the U.S. in setting up the new $1 billion International Development Association (TIME, Oct. 12). And last week, after asking his countrymen "whether we have the right to enjoy...
Once arrived at Henley-on-Thames, both crews found their food and quarters excellent and settled down to a final week's training over the unfamiliar Henley course. The first day on the water, both eights seemed a bit sluggish, but after several days of double practice they settled into their earlier form...
Expressing gratitude at having been an "integral part of a significant bit of history," Dr. Hynek asserted that the past few years had been "memorable in the extreme...
...with so much modern design, even the best Shaker products are sometimes a bit chill. But their merging of severity and grace is unparalleled...
...someone else's making. This heroine is usually close enough to sanity to be alarmed by her own fantasies, near enough to a strait-jacket to invite immediate psychoanalysis. The familiar formula, which worked almost magically well in Hangsaman (TIME, April 23, 1951). but began to look a bit seedy in The Bird's Nest (TIME, June 21, 1954), still carries a lot of the Jackson punch...