Word: bulking
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...bulk of the 142 Deputies elected were standard Arab politicians-old-line, conservative and opportunist, many of them also hostile to the West, and to the U.S. in particular for its past support of Israel. Against them, Bakdash and the Socialists could not hope to win much in Parliament, but that they had done so well was a shock and a danger sign to the West. "The Syrian results," understated one U.S. diplomat, "were definitely detrimental to our interests." Among those who were delighted were the long-unsettled Arab refugees from Palestine. "They're not in love with Communism...
...years ago in The Great Caruso. But when his temperament interfered with his work on The Student Prince, M-G-M canceled his contract (TIME, Sept. 15, 1952). Lanza relaxed in his rented ($2,000 a month) Beverly Hills house, eating well while his already overstuffed bulk swelled...
...suit and a pressure suit, plus helmet and gloves, the pilot must wear protection against cold and immersion (he might have to bail out over the ocean). This means a quilted "liner," much like the Chinese army's winter gear (gadgeteers are trying to save weight and bulk by getting rid of the quilting), with a waterproof suit worn over everything...
...that the researchers have the stuff (still only in minute quantities), the question is what they can do with it. At the American Cyanamid Co.'s Lederle Laboratories, processes for extracting properdin in bulk are being perfected. Then medical men will try to find out whether man's natural immunity to all infectious disease, or to an immediately threatening attack, can be boosted by shooting more properdin into his veins...
Last week 3,000 people gathered in a flotilla of small boats in the bay of San Fruttuoso. After Mass, the giant statue, its 900-lb. bulk suspended from a naval crane, was lowered into the sea. Slowly the water mounted, inch by inch, until at last it swirled over the suppliant hands. Said a message from Genoa's Giuseppe Cardinal Siri: "Where men, the pioneers of new roads, are beginning to descend, our Lord and Redeemer descends today...