Word: bulking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...late Herbert George Wells's will left the bulk of his estate-some $240,000 before taxes-to his two sons, a daughter-in-law, and Baroness Budberg, whom the will described as "my very dear friend." Father Wells took time out to express his "loving recognition of the good and sane behavior of all my offspring toward...
...steel, the price barometer for the bulk of mass production, there was no rise, despite a $5-per-ton jump in scrap prices. On the basis of nine months' profits and this quarter's operations (90% of capacity), most steel companies could easily absorb the scrap increase, and will probably absorb other small cost increases as well...
...course, there remain the original college buildings like Connecticut Hall, where abode such luminaries as Nathan Hale, Yale '73, but the bulk of Eli construction has taken place in the past two decades...
...Faith in people and their destiny. How dare Mr. Hutchinson condemn Europe's spiritual future. . . . We are carrying on a Holy War against Communism, and how does that prove lack of religious feeling? The reason the political parties call themselves Christian ... is that they are true Christians. The bulk of the parties is made up of conscientious religious men & women who, through Nazi persecutions, suffered for their faith. They kept on believing, and paid for their spiritual stubbornness in concentration camps. . . . I was engaged as interpreter in your War Crimes Organization, speak five languages. . . . I used the opportunities...
Traubel's personal wardrobe consists of mannishly tailored suits and simple dresses which make no attempt to hide her broad shoulders. Says Adrian: "We attract as little attention as possible to her bust. Her great bulk is disguised by making lines run up and down...