Word: chews
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...promised to maintain the administrative efficiency achieved by General Ne Win's 17 months of army rule, and to emulate the democratic impartiality with which Ne Win presided over the elections. Last time. U Nu acknowledged, "we bit off more than we could chew. We propose not to embark on any new state enterprise, and, in particular, not to nationalize any existing industry now in private hands." Topping off his speech, U Nu repeated his most cherished pledge-to make Buddhism Burma's state religion...
...fleets of bulldozers and an army of sweating workmen chew at midtown Caracas to connect bending ribbons of concrete into a superhighway cloverleaf of supreme complexity. Even before sidewalks are in and the lawn is seeded, self-service elevators begin humming in the flat-fronted apartment buildings that shoot up steadily at the eastern end of the city's valley. On the slopes to the north and south, concrete flows into forms to make walls, patios, retaining walls and swimming pools for low, clean-lined mansions that can cost as much as $3,000,000. Overnight, packing-case houses...
Though he teaches calm and control, Newell is far from calm himself. On game days, he keeps going on 20 cups of coffee, three packages of Chesterfields, has a supply of wet towels near him on the bench so that he can chew on them to relieve the tension. Bear players, to whom defense was a mystery before Newell, regard their coach as a genius. Marvels Guard Bobby Wendell: "Before I came here, I didn't even know what defense was. But once you get the hang of it, it's more fun than scoring...
...transferred to Atlanta, Bob Hogg's group sent a special teacher to help the Coffeys avoid the debilitating kindness that can stunt a blind child's spirit even more than its physical handicap. At home, Pamela was taught to dress herself and brush her teeth, even to chew (something many children learn by watching others). In a nursery school she played unselfconsciously with sighted children, conducted herself with fiery, four-year-old independence...