Word: fathoming
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...reasons hard to fathom, Compiler Norman Denny has not attempted to thumb out The Yellow Book's plums for this anthology, preferring to collect what he calls "a fair summary" of the original 13 volumes. If this is indeed a fair summary, it is pretty hard to see why Victorians found The Yellow Book so shocking that at least one plea was made for its suppression by Parliament. The boys were more to be pitied than censored...
...international affairs to hams who don't know Europe is across the Atlantic. They have studios 'negotiating' deals for their employers which could never eventuate. Why they think I will believe such palpable tripe, let alone pass it on to millions, I can't fathom. I must be rated a pushover, hard up to fill space...
...that since 1915 the Federal Government has been systematically destroying them, a fact which Author Dobie deplores. Their new enemies are the cyanide-gun devices now used with coyote traps, and a deadly chemical developed during the war, known as Compound 1080. Brilliant as they are, coyotes especially cannot fathom the trap-gun, which shoots cyanide directly into their jaws...
Claflin, behind on points, pinned Jack Downey late in the second period and managed to evade Downey's pin hold for two minutes and 52 seconds of the third period. Houston was unable to fathom Duncan Waterman's unique style of wrestling and had to be satisfied with a decision, thus breaking a string of four straight pins...
...canted at an angle of S 8° W. Its true shape, of course, is that of a smart half boot, and the boundary in question runs due N & S. I am sure there is some hellish symbolism in this deformity, but I'm not smart enough to fathom...