Word: frame
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Agriculture Secretary Charles Brannan, who declared himself "impressed" by the governor's grasp of farm problems, said that farmers are "in a good frame of mind toward Stevenson...
...next nine years Louis Patton just stayed home, pursuing solitude on the second floor of his family's white frame house in West Hartford. He passed the time happily, studying anatomy, doing clay sculptures and carving tiny, intricate heads on pencil ends. His doting mother, Constance Patton, stood guard over the boy's privacy, saw to it that he paid no attention to his father, who wanted Louis to lead a more normal life...
Always a realist, he accepted the ultimatum of an obscure general delivered by a turncoat politician. He abdicated, and quit Egypt within the six hours specified. As he stood on the quay to embark, his huge, beefy frame encased in a white naval uniform, tears spilled down his cheeks. Twenty-one guns fired the royal salute, and the royal yacht Mahroussa (meaning Protected) put past the harbor's red and green entrance lights and steamed for Italy. It carried Farouk, his 19-year-old wife, their seven-month-old son, now King Fuad II, and 204 royal trunks...
...pleased Hirohito's grandfather, and have been a delight ever since, are more complex. They are designed to transform candlelight into globes of muted color. Each one requires up to 120 bamboo strips, no thicker than toothpicks, which are bound together with silk threads to make a collapsible frame. The frame is covered with eight sections of silk or oiled paper, painted with traditional figures. Gluing the shell to the frame is the hardest part of the job and is done mainly in the spring when temperature and humidity are just right. One skilled artisan, working fast, can produce...
...gawky 17-year-old kid at the 1948 London Olympics, Mathias won the decathlon gold medal with a margin of 165 points over his nearest competitor. Now, a poised and handsome 21, a veteran fullback of Stanford's 1951 Rose Bowl team, and filled out to a rangy frame (6 ft. 3 in., 200 Ibs.), Bob is better than ever. At the end of five events (the 100-meter dash, broad jump, shotput, high jump, and 400-meter run), Mathias was not only far in front of the field, but far ahead of his 1950 world record pace...