Word: clingingness
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To a cosmic eye this particular universe -the Milky Way-is a wispy thing, a puff of tiny particles which are billions of stars. Somewhat disk-shaped, it floats in space, spinning on its shorter axis. The sun is one of these stars, located some four-fifths of the way...
"I pulled myself up and looked at the Eagle, 200 yards away. She was lying on her side. Down the great red expanse of her underside, men were sliding into the sea. Suddenly I felt a shock at the base of my spine. I knew it was a depth charge...
New York City parents flapped their newspapers in surprise at big advertisements in which a little girl was shown clinging to her mother's apron and crying : "Mama, I hate to go to school today. It's my turn to stand!" What this doleful picture actually reflected was...
Bonham's great asset, however, is his uncanny control. Two years ago, in the last eight games of his rookie season, he faced 85 batters before he allowed a base on balls, faced 89 more before he yielded another. This season-still clinging to his peculiar practice of fingering...
X Marks The Spot. The men on Capitol Hill, jealous of their old prerogatives, clinging to their oldtime dignity, were bewildered and sore hurt. They were tired of being laughed at. Yet they did not wonder why they no longer commanded respect; instead they seized upon the press. Louisiana'...