Word: fitful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...eyes. Her legs are a little too lean and a mite long (she is 5 ft. 7 in.). Her jaw is on the prognathous side. Her feet are a little less than dainty (size 8); when she played Cinderella on TV, her slipper could almost have fit the Prince. And she's got freckles on her nose...
GIVING has never been easy-as the Magi, those first Christmas givers, discovered when they arrived with offerings fit for a king only to find a babe lying in a stable. Still, in the early centuries following that birth, giving was relatively simple. It meant giving up, a giving away of one's self or one's worldly goods in imitation of Christ. The matter grew more complex under the Protestant ethic, when gifts were bestowed as a reward or incentive for good behavior. St. Nick was long depicted as a scrawny saint who Carried presents...
...agrees that there is a great need for more men in elementary school teaching, but they see little hope of attracting more. The obstacle is a matter of confusion over the roles of the sexes. "We drive men out of elementary school teaching because we try to make them fit into a female mold," protests Supervisor Feeney. "We want them to have nice potted plants in their classrooms and murals on the wall-why is it so important to get men to behave like women...
...funds for the Baptist school. Stetson's offense was accepting $845,000 in federal grants to construct a science building and add to its law school. By contrast, the Kentucky convention in effect authorized Baptist-backed schools in the state to accept federal loans if their administrators saw fit...
Since September, all automakers have been required by law to report possible defects to the new National Traffic Safety Agency, whose director. William Haddon, has the authority to make the reports public-if he sees fit. Last week Haddon saw fit: he announced that more than 500,000 late-model cars, trucks, buses and motorcycles have been recalled by domestic and foreign manufacturers to check on some 40 potential flaws. These statistics were deceptive, and Ford Division General Manager Donald Frey, for one, was quick to note that probably no more than 5% of the recalled cars actually had anything...