Word: featly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...distress." The difficulty probably begins in the womb. At the end of a full-term pregnancy, a woman's hormone balance changes drastically to bring on labor. By a mechanism not yet understood in detail, these same changes, transmitted through the placenta, prepare the baby for the superhuman feat of changing from an aquatic parasite, drawing oxygen from its mother's blood, to an in dependent air breather. If pregnancy is too short, these hormone triggers work weakly or not at all. The preemie delivered by caesarean has an especially urgent need for efficient lung-clearing reflexes...
...actress. On the basis of last night's dress rehearsal, Miss White's hold on the role remains utterly authoritative. Despite all the superimposed encumbrances, she gives an astonishingly modulated performance based on a remarkable gift for subtle timing and inflection. I cannot imagine another player's surpassing this feat, which is destined to be a classic. Miss White is most ably supported by Edward Finnegan's Willie; indeed Finnegan is more piteous than was John Becher in the original production...
...other words, the Administration has wrongly decided that all summer students are guilty of irresponsibility and deceit until proven innocent. And since practically the only way to establish innocence is to prove a "continuing responsibility" to Harvard, an impossible feat in two months, all students must suffer the punishment for their "guilt." They are required to live in blissful non-involvement, their education limited to the confines of the class-room, and their approved extra-curricular life restricted almost entirely to the dance floor and the tennis court. The continual flow of ideas and viewpoints cherished by the Harvard...
...joined the Nazi party. In 1955 the Gehlen apparatus was turned over from CIA control to the West German government; it reports directly to the Chancellor's office, has a top secret budget. Yet in court, the three men who penetrated its walled-in Munich headquarters made the feat sound about as difficult as joining a Bavarian marching and gymnastic society...
...first time this season Cleveland's Municipal Stadium will be filled to near capacity, a feat which during the regular season is only possible, if at all, when the Yankees are in town. The occasion for the gathering will be the All Star game, scheduled to commence at noon...