Word: fitful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...seems a fit time to point out the rather embarrassing fact that the U.S. has really no right to look askance at Russia for her abominable treatment of Pasternak when the American Government is guilty of keeping Ezra Pound under lock and key during twelve years, for political dissension...
Stores turned to the January white sales and seasonal clearances with inventories lower and spirits higher than in years. The brightest post-Christmas promotion was put on by Dallas' A. Harris & Co. For one day, it announced it would take back any "Christmas gift which doesn't fit, which is the wrong size or pattern or color, which is simply not wanted, or which duplicates another Christmas gift." For the first time ever, the offer was not restricted to Harris' own merchandise. Except for furs, real jewelry and merchandise not carried in its own store, Harris said...
...London, an industrial accident-claims tribunal heard a claimant's case, ruled that he "is fit for suitable work which does not involve standing, sitting, bending or lying down...
MacLeish needed "an ancient structure" on which to build a contemporary play, and the Book of Job was the only one that seemed to fit the modern situation. The drama of Job is his search for meaning behind his agony, and man today is searching for meaning behind...
...offers. "I like the idea of being there first, setting the tradition." "I want to leave something of myself behind, I want to make an impact on the system." "It's a challenge." "I want to do something that will last." "I liked my House, but you had to fit into the pattern. Everything was too organized. I like the notion of making a pattern of your...