Word: halfway
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...President was in high good humor all week. Musing aloud late one afternoon to a handful of reporters, he said he thought that the world had come halfway along the hard road to peace. He thought that the turning point was not the Marshall Plan but the first announcement of the Truman Doctrine (which he modestly called the Greek-Turkish Aid Program) on March 12, 1947. He voiced a hope that in two more years the rehabilitation of 380 million people in Europe will have stabilized a great part of the world...
...were persuaded to load themselves (and 32 crack ponies) on airplanes for the U.S. When the Argentines took the field at Los Angeles last week, against a hand-picked U.S. team, they learned that it was to be a championship match-and they let out a roar heard halfway to Buenos Aires. They had left flamboyant, red-headed Roberto, a nine-goal player,* at home. They played the match under protest...
...like a contest between a canny, battle-weary old boxer and a wiry young puncher. The Argentines rode their ponies like gauchos at a festival, leaned spectacularly from their saddles to swipe at the ball. They led at the halfway point...
...Halfway Back. The sarcasm is more friendly than biting, for Kingman takes a naïve delight in U.S. ways. He keeps the radio in his studio going constantly ("It softens my mind and helps me paint. I know all about Luncheon at Sardi's and Heigh-ho, Silver!"), and all through dinner he watches television programs with his wife and two children. "To Chinese people," he says, "football is very queer, but I like to go and see the games. Also, I play bridge once a week...
...monotony took a toll, too. A man suddenly began to run in circles, declaring that Providence had decreed that he was to be buried in that circle (he was soundly trussed up and placed in a wagon). A woman suddenly began to set fire to anything that would burn. Halfway from the Missouri to the goldfields, the number of abandoned wagons increased noticeably. Some of the outfits began to shoot their dogs -the barking caused too many of the travelers' cattle to stampede. But the caravans kept coming...