Word: designate
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this ruthless course of action [of the Soviet Union]," he said, "and the clear design to extend it to the remaining free nations of Europe, that have brought about the critical situation in Europe today." It was his duty, he said, to recommend the measures which would "give support to the free and democratic nations of Europe and to improve the solid foundation of our own national strength...
Sheets is up at 7 every morning, to start a round of activity which permits no time for dreaming. In one day he may drive into Claremont for a meeting of the City Planning Commission, confer with his partner (he is also an architect) about the design of a new church or country club, teach a class at Scripps College (where he heads the nine-man art department), and paint a picture. Evenings-unless by chance he has been asked to make a speech on foreign affairs-he devotes to his wife and four children and to the guests they...
When the House was in its blueprint stages, the late President Lowell sat down with University architects Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch, and Abbot, told them he wanted the windows built in the pattern they now occupy, and he left the hapless four to fit the rooms to the window design. This accounts for Lowell's small, irregular rooms...
Author Louis Chavance, who developed this cruel design for drama from an actual incident, and Henri-Georges Clouzot, who directed the film, have taken shrewd advantage of rich possibilities. They have put such intelligence into their melodrama that it often gives the illusion of transcending melodrama. Their film has speed, energy and tension that are rare in French movies; their character sketches are deft, searching and resourcefully visualized. Their keyhole portrait of a community is a caricature, but a remarkably effective...
Departing from limited episode and straining to integrate military experiences with civilian moments reminiscent of them, Miller achieves less effective results. The totality of meaning which is his obvious design simply does not come off; but in the separate incidents employed there are still personality creations packing enough wallop within themselves to negate their failure in terms of the whole effort. During a nightmare of battle, for example, Peter gains enduring respect for the unique integrity of Gene Wenisloski--an emotional attachment extending beyond Wenisloski's death under fire. And Peter's brief stop in Chicago to look up Harry...