Word: doored
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...question that hung for eight weeks over the shabby, drab little hearing room in Washington's Temporary Building III held a burning implication for virtually everyone who walked through the door. For the thin, angular man with the chill blue eyes and the close-cropped hair, it was a challenge that demanded a desperate fight, even though he might have retired quietly on his honors without fighting. To many of the 40 great names of American atomic science and education, who flocked from their farthest retreats to testify to J. Robert Oppenheimer's character, it implied a special...
...past year Lauro, whose shipping business puts him in intimate contact with many government officials, has favored lending the Monarchists' 39 parliamentary votes to the Christian Democrats on crucial issues, to prevent a collapse that might open the door to the Red Socialists and Communists. Covelli preferred to hold back and gamble that the Christian Democrats would be forced to solicit Monarchist support-for a heavy political price...
...easy. You can't just make faces. If you make yourself feel the way the character would feel, your face will express the right things-if you're an actor. There are lots of things. How you walk. Try walking up to a door and opening it some time on a stage. It isn't as simple as you think. You mustn't stand close to anyone on the stage. Two objects together become one object in the eye of the audience. Here's an actor's trick. Keep looking at somebody...
...profit by lower rates. The cost of shipping by piggyback is estimated at 20? per trailer mile v. about 24? over the road. Furthermore, piggybacking combines the advantages of rail and truck transport: 1) the speed and dependability of rail, no matter what the weather; 2) the flexibility and door-to-door delivery of trucking...
...Washington. D.C., policemen nabbed James Haley after he was discovered applying a file and a pair of pliers to the back door of St. Patrick's Church rectory, told the judge that he was merely seeking "spiritual guidance...