Word: catchingly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Improbable Week. The press conference over, Chris Herter boarded the Army helicopter that had brought him to Augusta, and flew back to the sprawling South Carolina cattle ranch where he had gone with Mrs. Herter to catch a few days' secluded rest before taking over as Secretary of State. In bygone days at the 12,000-acre retreat (owned by Mrs. Herter's family, and called Cheeha-Combahee after two nearby rivers), Herter used to hunt duck, quail, deer, fox or raccoon from early to late. But years ago, osteoarthritis of the hip joints forced him to give...
Bladework, and getting sufficiently set for the catch at the beginning of a stroke, are the two main handicaps of the Crimson at the present, according to Coach Laury Coolidge. In these regards the varsity has "a long way to improve," he said. But he also indicated that he thought this past week had shown real progress...
...aboard!" shouted one of these attendants. "Don't crowd the swan!" Jessie smiled at him and he tipped his hat. "Catch that," he nudged a companion. "Hey--" he asked Jessie, "room for one more under that...
Though these measures may help some-what, there is no final solution to the problem, Elder continued. We can only wait and hope that the supply of teachers will eventually catch up with the demand as the sharp rise in the birth rate levels out, he added...
...Lost. This is a bitter story, bitterly told. Author Griffin, who was an officer in the British colonial army in Africa in World War II, seems to know about administrative misfits and the cheap little ploys of petty, ambitious men in seats of power. Most of all, he can catch the hatred of mistreated natives in a brief scene, show on a single page the vast gulf of misunderstanding that separates insensitive whites and long-suffering blacks. His desert comes powerfully alive in brief, sharp descriptions, and without leaving his brutal, well-plotted story for a moment he makes...