Word: framed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Hero. In Stafford Cripps, paradox was at home. He was a millionaire descended from a long line of rich country squires, but he was born with a silver Fabian slogan in his mouth. His aunt & uncle were Fabianism itself-Sidney and Beatrice Webb. He believed first in God ("Frame our judgments . . . upon the basis of what we most truly and honestly believe to be God's will"). Second, he believed in Socialism...
...batter, narrow-eyed and tightlipped, leaned in toward the plate, and crouched to make a smaller target of his stocky little frame. He wriggled, fidgeted with his cap, hitched up his belt, got his feet dug in, began waggling his bat. Just as the pitcher started his windup, he let down the bat, stepped out of the box and elaborately wiped an imaginary speck out of his eye. The pitcher waited, ball clutched in his throwing hand. With a swagger, the batter walked over to the rosin bag, picked it up, dusted his hands and wiped them on the seat...
Like the oxygen mask, the pressure cabin, electrically heated flight gear and the ejection seat, the purpose of the G-suit is to match the pilot to his high-speed environment. The fact is that the fragile human frame is fast becoming the structural limit to the speed of aircraft. Aircraft designers are already talking of interceptors that will scream through the upper atmosphere at more than 1,500 miles an hour. They are sure that one of their toughest problems will be to beef up the pilot so that he can stand the trip...
Harris relieved starter Steve Willaby in the fourth inning, with Kirkland ahead, 7 to 5, and the bases loaded. He managed to prevent the Bellboys from scoring in that frame, and went on to gain credit...
Dear Mimi, sweet Mimi Of La Bohème fame, Face, pretty as a picture, And gosh! What a frame...