Word: expert
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...European immigrants who landed in Chile this summer was a plump, dreamy-eyed little man named Edward Sienkiewicz. His greying hair was as long as Liszt's; his hands were uncallused and he carried a cello. But the card on his lapel said that he was an expert on fishing, and so he was listed in the catalogue of immigrants' skills...
...office had last year came when a woman walked in with a postal card. It was from the concentration camp in Poland where her husband was interned and it was written in Polish. She spoke only French. A quick look through the files and Holt phoned a student language expert, who translated it from Polish to English. A second man was called to put it into French...
Measure of Emotions. Thurmond claimed that he might win as many as 140 electoral votes. This was grossly exaggerated and he knew it. By the best expert reckoning, he would not get North Carolina, which was cool to all the candidates and coolest to a third-party candidate. He would not get Arkansas, although he might have enough strength there to spoil an outside chance for Dewey. He would not win Florida, Kentucky or Virginia, but he might get just enough there to give those states to Dewey. He was a fair bet to win Georgia and Louisiana, a very...
...ends. All are two year lettermen except Lockwood, who deserted the basketball court to try and fill the shoes of the departed Bill Swiacki this season. Klemovich was the outstanding lineman in the Rutgers fray by virtue of his savage tackling and three conversions. He is an expert at flat on-side kickoffs, while Russell has had phenomenal success in punting out-of-bounds in the coffin corners...
Professor Matthiessen, noted as an expert in U. S. civilization, said that Wallace understood American far better than his two opponents, Truman and Dewey. His real opposition, Matthiessen added, came from those who "fear his stand on equality...