Word: flatted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...real forte might be the harpsichord, which lacks dynamic range (it sounds almost the same whether whacked or stroked) and mainly requires delicate, precise fingering. It also requires good care: the slightest humidity change in the Pleasants' Bonn home makes their instrument go sharp in summer, flat in winter. In winter they boil as much as two gallons of water daily to keep it in tune...
...against Wilmer Allison) by drinking till dawn, then amazed himself by taking a 4-1 lead in the second set. At this point his hangover caught up with him. Says Cushing: "I had a total blackout. When I tried to throw the ball up for service, I almost went flat on my face. At least that's my story. My friends say Allison looked at his watch, noticed that it was nearly lunchtime, and quickly ran off five straight games...
...some resentment among Council members at the suddenness of the decree and the fact that it was made without consulting the Council. "Graduate students are not being treated as adults," declared Max Plotkin 2G. Another member suggested that informal social pressures would be more effective than rule by flat in eliminating unpleasant problems...
Carl Koch and Associates, Cambridge architects, are developing a flat rubber roof, inflated with compressed air, for possible use on the new threatre. Such a structure would be the only one of its kind in the world...
...Walker-Through-Watts a meek, middle-aged government clerk named Dutilleul fumbles for the light switch in his apartment one evening and finds himself in the vestibule outside. Hypnotically, he walks right back through the wall into his flat. He soon puts his strange talent to use in bank vaults and jewelry shops, signs himself "The Werewolf." When the Werewolf is captured by the police, he simply evaporates through the thick prison walls. But Dutilleul's powers desert him one night in mid-wall at his mistress' home, and passing Parisians take his walled-up cries...