Word: floated
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...dilute the mixture with water just enough, the olive should float half-way up again...
...Other clubmen think that spectacular TV has satiated the public's appetite for shows, or that people simply do not dance any more (although dancing schools are jammed). Whatever the reason. Manhattan is down to two chorus lines (the Copacabana and the Latin Quarter, both of which float high on expense-account money); Chicago has only one (Chez Paree); and most other cities see big-show nightclubs only in the movies. But new music rooms are opening all the time...
This edict may seem unfair--particularly since it applies even if the seaweed threatens to float away before Monday--but it is not a demonstration of the irrational malice of the local judiciary. The ruling merely upholds the state's Sunday Blue Laws...
...whole training program paid off so well that the A.S.U. seems almost afraid its swimmers may relax and float on their laurels. When Lainy Crapp and Dawn Fraser were invited to Hawaii's Keo Nakama meet to be held in July the A.S.U. threatened to withhold its approval unless both girls prove that they are in top shape. "They're Olympic champions," said an A.S.U. official-just as if any Australian had forgotten. "We don't want them to jeopardize their chances by competing out of condition...
...reason for the Russian move is far from clear. If the present system were continued, the government would float bonds every year in order to cover the repayments on matured issues, as is done in most western nations. The government probably faces an especially heavy load of bonds due in the next few years. A short-term moratorium, however, would relieve this difficulty...