Word: hook
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Inside the Taejon clinic one morning last week the homemade kerosene stove was a center of warmth and hope for a little huddJe of maimed men. One sat with his stump tucked under him, an armless boy held his Bible in two hooks. Torrey slipped an elastic from around his Bible, parked it on his arm-hook, and then began reading the 36th Psalm...
...tyranny's most useful tools. Under the Communists, not even the highest official is exempt. In his dossier are recorded the youthful mistake, the relative's sin, the forgotten careless statement. The victim may walk free as air, but the dossier is like a terrible hook, invisibly lodged in his vitals. With a twitch of the string, it can bring a man down. It can even humble a nation...
Munro expects Dick Woolston at 6 ft., 3 in., to be the first player to move up. Reserve center John Rockefeller has a good hook shot, but is not "strong" under the boards. John Connelly began as a starter and is a rugged reserve forward. Mike Rosenthal, another former starter, has the best set shot on the squad, and is used when outside shooting is required...
...seminar on leading contemporary philosophers at New York University, Professor Sidney Hook once asked his class: "What is Bertrand Russell's philosophy?" "Russell is a materialist," said one student. "An idealist," said another. "A realist," "a rationalist," said still others. The students quickly got the professor's point-that there was an element of truth in each of their answers. "The next time anyone asks you, 'What is Bertrand Russell's philosophy?' " Professor Hook said, "the correct answer is 'What year, please?' " In his 83rd year, Bertrand Arthur William, Earl Russell is busier...
...TURBINE SHIP will soon be plying Atlantic sea lanes for Shell Oil Co. After five years of experiments in Britain, Shell engineers have developed the first successful 5,500 h.p. gas-turbine engine to hook up to a ship's propeller-shaft, will install it in the redesigned hull of an 8,200-ton tanker for faster speed and more economical operation...