Word: conscious
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...problem, perhaps, is one of co-ordination. When Diensen is supposed to be tongue-tied and vulgar, Lunt is self-conscious and primly profane. Then Coward reverses his field and Diensen must be lyrically vision ary; here Lunt is up to the task but Coward falters. With long monologues about the physical glories of prospering America, Diensen drags his heels and the pace of the vehicle is reduced still further. Coward has been much more entertaining about Brooklyn than he is now about the rest of the United States...
...rear window and shouted: "Hey, Mamie, how about your autograph?" She obliged. The volunteer workers serving coffee and doughnuts had a bad case of nerves. One confessed later: "My knees were so weak that I was afraid I'd pour coffee on the First Lady." Diet-conscious Mamie was a little unsettled herself by the doughnuts, but reached for one reluctantly ("Oh dear me, I would take the one with the most sugar...
...aloofness--advanced by many U.S. Foreign Service officers in India--is that Nehru knows full well that the U.S. is not going to start a general war, but is not so sure about the intentions of the Soviet Union and Red China. Thus, they argue, he is pursuing a conscious policy of appeasement. Many Indians even say that their country has no choice but to come to an understanding with its powerful neighbor, Red China. Strategically separated in the north by the Himalayas--which are, incidentally, being somewhat fortified by India--only the rice fields of Burma...
...that the Government has launched since the basic Merchant Marine Act was passed in 1936. But in its operation under Maritime Board Chairman Louis S. Rothschild, a Kansas City retail mag nate who has been in charge since 1953, it will be a stronger program, notable for its cost-conscious, businessman's approach...
...field of vision narrow's, so the armed forces require all flyers to breathe extra oxygen above 10,000 ft. in daylight (above 5,000 in darkness). Up to 15,000 ft., most flyers remain conscious without oxygen, but their working efficiency is reduced. After 15 minutes to an hour at approximately 18,000 ft., nearly all (unless acclimatized like Alpinists) lose consciousness. But before a man does so, he may have strange delusions. Classic example: a reconnaissance pilot in the western Pacific in World War II refused to bother with oxygen and thought he was taking magnificently daring...