Word: impetuses
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...under the impetus of war, Herter went to Washington between legislative sessions to work for his old friend Archibald MacLeish, in the Office of Facts & Figures. But Franklin Roosevelt's wartime administration by personal fiat outraged Herter's constitutional sensibilities, and he returned to Boston to seek a job that would enable him to appear on the national scene as a Republican critic. With the help of a fortuitous gerrymander, he got elected to Congress by a slim 2,900 votes. In 1944 his plurality rose to 20,000 votes...
...both sides. When the weather cleared and U.N. planes began raking the flow of Chinese reinforcements, the attacks petered out. The Hwachon dam and reservoir (supplying most of Seoul's electric power) and the U.N. communications hubs at Chorwon and Kumhwa, which had seemed threatened under the first impetus of enemy attack, were safe. A new U.N. first line was established at the base of the Kumsong salient. But the salient itself was gone. At the cost of thousands of lives, the proposed armistice line was a little straighter-in the Communists' favor...
...informal questions. The meetings are usually pretty lively. Howland finds the prisoners are quick to ask questions, eager to argue. In a recent letter to me, Warden W. H. Hiatt summed up the three years of Howland's classes: "He has provided wholesome tonic by giving vital Howland impetus to realistic thinking about social, economic and political topics...
...biggest impetus came from being born into a family of musicians. Grandfather A. E. Brain was a horn man; so were his three sons: Alfred, who played with the Los Angeles Philharmonic; Edward, who finally gave up and joined the London police force; and Aubrey,** England's best before the war, who played with the BBC Symphony. Aubrey's sons are Horn Player Dennis and Leonard, an oboist...
...Whip Shot. Cardano knew all about loaded dice and such tricks as the whip shot: "The die is thrown straight with such an impetus and such a number of points exposed above that it is probable that the point which we wish will come uppermost." He knew about soaping a card to make it recognizable to the touch, listed several ways of marking cards and told how nimble-footed partners could signal each other on a loose floor board...