Word: elasticize
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But Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia, who came into power in a "legal," bloodless coup last month, still has to operate under Panama's weird, elastic, near-totalitarian constitution. Indicated for the new President was a quiet move to discard the present document (instituted by his predecessor) and return...
It means defining "morale" as a limited group in our midst have decided to define it; it means giving a specific meaning to one of the most elastic words in our language. In 1918, Wagner and hamburger steak were bad for "morale." If draftees kick about their lack of recreational...
> "Why is rubber so elastic?" asked Physicist Eugene Guth of Notre Dame. "This is a problem which has baffled scientists for a long time and it was not until recently that an explanation could be offered. . . . A property of rubber, not well known, can easily be demonstrated with a rubber...
The scheme is not new; Graham-Paige Motors tried it in 1940. Because of elastic used-car allowances, rebates, finance charges, etc., dealers have always helped set retail prices in fact. But now Chrysler dealers will get the whole job. Thus they will have a chance to recoup possible losses...
One result of the Battle of Russia may well be millions of Russian workers to swell the Nazi labor battalions; new Slav divisions to swell the Nazi Armies. Where can Britain and the U.S. turn for man power to offset this menacing mass? If Britain is democracy's European...