Word: chins
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Skimmed Milk. One to whom the Committee listened intently was chin-whiskered Rev. W. E. B. Dubois, an official of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He suggested amendments to clarify racial equality and treatment of colonies...
...lieutenant pointed with his chin: "There he is. He's sitting out there on the fantail alone...
...morning after his mad dash to get there. Reporting to the cadet adjutant, he got this greeting: "Wipe that smile off, Mr. Dumbjohn, or whatever your name is! Brace up! Suck up your guts! More! Get rid of that gabardine coat! Get those shoulders back! Pull your chin in! Further! Further! Where 're you from? The Navy? What part of the Navy? Oh, Annapolis, eh? . . ." The next few minutes of scorn were enough to wither an asbestos monkey...
Tall, dark and square of chin, Clint Anderson came to Congress four years ago after a career that included newspapering (Albuquerque Journal), selling insurance (Mountain States Casualty Co.), the presidency of Rotary International (1932), and administration of New Mexico's relief (1935). He is a gentleman farmer. Three years ago he bought the 935-acre Lazy V Cross ranch, five miles outside Albuquerque. There he has 450 acres of alfalfa, 135 milch cows, and 300 head of Rambouillet sheep...
Once more she floated by. Toscanini's birch baton stopped in midair, his left arm was raised in a gesture of supplication. Then he dropped both arms to his sides, jutted his square chin forward, lowered his head. The orchestra gave...