Word: facing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...temper began to tug at its moorings; the evening was devoted to frequent criticism of his Administration, particularly in its operations in the fields of labor and taxation. When he was asked-three hours after his arrival -to say a few words of greeting, he rose with his face set and delivered some rough-edged criticism...
Curley, personally, gives the appearance of the utmost refinement. In his younger days, he was a very handsome man; today, at 75 he is jowled but in his face remains most of the vigor of his younger self. You stop and think if the stories about his being on his deathbed when he was in jail at Danbury in 1946 have any truth in them. A capable conversationalist, Curley can talk on almost any subject with the facility of a specialist, the gift of a retentive memory stands by him well. From a small amount of reading, he is able...
...form of government, Plan E with proportional representation. Under this system a non-partisan City Manager assumes the duties of mayor. The revised pattern of city administration went into use in 1941 and at the end of the fiscal year the tax rate tumbled $2.40 in the face of a rising cost of living. Cambridge taxpayers beamed...
...earlier, voiceless appearances, Lloyd retains throughout "Movie Crazy" the pristine simplicity of mind, uncomplicated by thought or experience which, with face to match, always puts him on the top by the last reel...
Fortunately, nobody for a change was permanently put out of action. Early in the first quarter, Davis tackled Dartmouth fullback Carey with what amounted to his face, and Carey's cleats broke his nose. But a specialist was called out of the stands, and set the bone in the record time of four minutes, just about as fast as it took to hook a nose guard onto his helmet. He played the rest of the game...