Word: frame
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Canadians against others but against themselves, to tell the individual whether he weighs too much or too little for a person his age and height. Dr. Pett, 43, will learn whether his weight (151 lbs.) is, as he thinks, "just about right" for his 5-ft.-8½-in. frame. And Minister Martin may find out whether he can stop dieting...
Seated a few yards from him, the visitor does not notice the marks of strain-the extended eyelids, the twitching right eye, the flaccid skin-but sees only the hard, skeptical eyes, the restless energy of the small frame. Rhee is the last of the old heroes of the Korean struggle for independence, a man with long memories. Just outside Seoul lie the ruins of Westgate prison, where the Emperor Koh-Jong's jailers spliced Rhee's fingers between wooden wands which the jailers twisted until his fingers were almost ripped from the joints; there he was imprisoned...
...gates. The Premier of Iran did not wait to see who was knocking. He bounded from his bed and scooted out the back door, to the nearby compound of the U.S. Point Four program. There he caught his breath, then scurried to the Majlis building. The incongruous, pajama-clad frame of the wrinkled Wizard of Persia burst into the middle of the closed session. Mossadegh announced that he was claiming bast, the traditional privilege of political sanctuary...
Before Secretary of State Dulles' continental spin, the European Defense Community was struggling to frame a treaty that could pass its members' parliaments. Because of the weighty issues involved, this was a lingering process. Dulles demanded speed--or else, and then proudly noted that a treaty showdown was nearer. But he overlooked the fact that agreement was not. Under his urging, the Europeans might approve the treaty before they can settle their controversies, but this would only make later amendments more difficult...
Penn, however, dominated after intermission. The Quakers extended their lead, 48 to 43, by the end of the third quarter, and then broke loose with 28 points in he final frame to sew up the game...