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Nothing had seemed deader than the federal fallout-shelter program, contaminated by skepticism, cynicism and apathy. A House Armed Services subcommittee had refused even to hold hearings on the matter since 1955. When members finally did agree last May to listen to some testimony about a proposed $190.6 million shelter program, they were bored and antagonistic...
Coach Barnaby reported that cold courts and a new, deader ball made both the team and singles matches short and somewhat unexciting. It was impossible to play shots off the back wall, since the rock-like balls made them drop short...
...soft-thinker. An appeaser. A Munich-seeker. A dove. A better-red-than-deader. An ill-concealed unilateralist...
...longer spoken. The value of this enterprise is unquestioned, but it is, after all, a preliminary exercise. Once a text has been purified and explicated, then it should be read, as a work of art, not merely an antiquarian construct, or a repository of ancient ideas. Latin is no deader than any other language that is written down; all literature is unchanging, but it dies when it is only studied and not read...
...than good in sports where skill or judgment is paramount, e.g., a football quarterback does not usually need to be keyed up but calmed down. Said Ed Froelich, trainer for the Chicago White Sox: "What sense does it make to hop somebody up today, and tomorrow he's deader than a mackerel and loses you a ball game?" As for the A.M.A.'s observation that the use of pep pills can be detected by urinalysis, one athletic director commented: "I'd hate to have athletics get to the point where you'd have to check...