Word: fixedly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...said he had dated Christine six months ago. When they asked him for details, he obligingly observed: "She's got a personality that's hard to beat, and the best body of any girl I ever met." Many an editor and reporter found himself in the same fix as father Jorgensen, who blurted out amidst all the uproar: "This business is very confusing. I'll be in the middle of a conversation and I'll say 'he' when I mean...
...crew must make a "power maneuver." They observe the stars to fix their position; then, by spinning three little flywheels, they point their rockets in the right direction and turn on the power for 15 seconds. If all goes well, the ship will move into a circular orbit, speeding around the earth at 15,840 m.p.h. Unless brought down deliberately, it will circle there forever...
...flat on Manhattan's Eighth Avenue. She had an up & down fever and convulsions soon after birth, there was something wrong with her eyes and her head became enlarged. She died in a hospital at the age of one month. Pathologists Abner Wolf and David Cowen could not fix the cause of death, but they found some puzzling little organisms in the brain. They were protozoa, to be sure, but what kind? Not until two years later (1939), when the two doctors had a similar ease and were able to transmit the baby's disease to laboratory mice...
...real working model ($19.95). Prospective architects can try their hand with "Blockbusters," big, cor rugated-paper blocks capable of holding more than 200 lbs. (twelve blocks for $5.95). Radio hams can assemble their own crystal sets ($2.50). One of the best bargains for budding mechanics: the plas tic "Fix-It" automobile. Its battery, radi ator and gas tank can all be filled; wheels can be removed with the help of a minia ture plastic jack and other tools. Price...
Corruption, "mess in Washington." Just a few days ago we heard about the mayor of a large eastern city who recently had occasion to announce that he wished people wouldn't pester him to fix yellow tickets. He could only manage the red ones--for parking. It never occurred to the businessman who told us this story (an ardent opponent of "Truman corruption") that this was itself a form of corruption--to him the fixing of tickets had no moral significance at all. The plain fact is that a certain amount of corruption is fundamental to the American...