Word: deeps
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...because of a long, deep depression or serious internal unrest, became so weakened that Russia would feel safe in being much more aggressive than...
Easy Does It. Because of South Africa's gusty winds, Locke developed a low pitch-and-run shot approaching the greens (most U.S. players take a deep undercut that throws the ball high in the air and stops it dead on the green). His tee shots are medium-long but uncannily straight. His putting ("an easy, relaxed swing with the putter blade square to the ball at the impact ... an easy follow-through in the direction of the ball and pin") is as smooth and precise as Willie Hoppe stroking a billiard ball. "It just takes practice...
...week, while taking off from tiny Palmyra Atoll, 1,000 miles southwest of Hawaii, an Army C46 and its crew of six smashed into a reef. Radioman Buster Bailey, 19, reached for a fire extinguisher, found that he had no hand. He crawled from the burning plane into knee-deep water, stumbled and discovered that his right leg was gone, too. His fellow crewmen got him to shore and tied their belts around his bleeding stumps...
...design of Harvard Stadium, which has practically half of its seating capacity in the deep bowls behind the end zones, is one undeniable reason why the H.A.A.'s task of alloting seats is such a thankless one. But the confusion, the disappointment, the hard feelings, that accompanied distribution of seats for last fall's football games stemmed in part from archaic methods and inefficiency within the H.A.A. itself. Investigations conducted by the Student Council and the Crimson disclosed that students were annoyed by the reselling of turned-in tickets in the cheering section to non-University purchasers, and by lack...
Everywhere they sensed the world's deep economic agony. In one day in Shanghai, the rate on the dollar changed from 40,000 Chinese dollars to 46,000. For Gardner Cowles of the Des Moines Register and Tribune the trip was old-hat; he had done it before with the late Wendell Willkie. Then he had come back hopeful. This time he sensed a worldwide feeling that peace "had been fumbled." The U.S., he feared, would not be able to "pick up all the checks...