Word: bulking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Martin Van Buren sits in repose, a white tie and high collar at his throat, his white hair like a halo around his balding old head, white sideburns creeping down his pink cheeks. Grover Cleveland leans back in majestic bulk, the imperious, mustachioed symbol of the era of bankers and builders. Teddy Roosevelt stares through his pince-nez with impatient energy, head belligerently forward, right hand resting on table, left fist clenched at the hip. And Franklin Roosevelt relaxes, hands on chair arms, in a pose so familiar that not even the bad, sharp lines of the Albany portrait...
...newer gyro compass (about thirty years old), which uses a gyroscope that tends to seek the North Pole, is an improvement for sea navigation. But its bulk and the quick, violent turns of airplane flight make the gyro compass impractical in the air. Plane movements also raise hob with a magnetic compass...
...bottom to the successful head of one of our largest enterprises-the Union Pacific Railroad; a man who knows what it means to "make a dollar." . . . Surely such a one on the record of his past performances should appeal not only to Labor and Management, but to the great bulk of the American public. And as a fighting man he should have a great appeal to our armed forces...
...Allied divisions in Italy had reached an estimated 20, numbering 300,000 troops. The Germans appeared to have 20 to 25 divisions, totaling 300,000 to 375,000 men, with the bulk posted above Rome. For both sides there were perils behind the lines...
...soldiers made no pretense of liking the war they were fighting. It was just a job to get done so a man could go home again. The example of the plodding Chinese, the bulk of work they turned out, was enough to spur Americans on when the thoughts of home grew dim and the dust and sweat became intolerable...