Word: blanching
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...world where a good many fathers blanch at the thought of another mouth to feed; and where "rejected" children grow up to spend their time & money on psychiatrists' couches, U.S. readers have jumped at the chance to meet a man like Frank Bunker Gilbreth. He told his bride straight off on their wedding day that he wanted a lot of children-at least a dozen. She liked the idea. Before his death in 1924, he had sired the twelve redheaded youngsters that he'd bargained for. And he had taken a keen interest in their upbringing...
...then punted over the nearest convertible. The leaves scattered across the canvas but before they were still, Vag was off down Mt. Auburn on the run, leaping to touch the magenia flags with his fingertips. "Har--vard!" he called to the clear New England sky, but it didn't blanch. The people didn't turn around, doors didn't fly open; the traffic light went casually from green to yellow. "Har--vard," Vag called once again, and then slowed to a walk. Doesn't anybody care? he wondered...
...desirable interests elsewhere. A case in point is the election of NSA delegates to be reheld on Monday. Those few who withstand the rigors of campaigning and become victors at the ballot box will face a long and gruelling career that would make even a history and lit concentrator blanch. Better that they know the worst now and that the voters also know the duties to which they are committing the men of their choice. Winning the NSA election is more than just winning a free trip to Madison, Wisconsin in September...
...touch that now flows through all personal interrelations at the Center. In addition to aiding new arrivals by informing them on such matters as the perfect propriety of American girls who date without chaperons, the Meads also lend guidance on problems that might cause an experienced DP advisor to blanch...
...gave a wild cry and sank to the floor. When the sounding brass of Hollywood got around to viewing the foaming beer, they might well have done the same thing, for this scene and the rest of "Odd Man Out" is so consistently above California crop standards as to blanch the stoutest of the film empire. Even the Irish Republican Army would be shaken...