Word: impressible
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...attempts to impress people...
...superstitious Burma, where heavenly portents are eagerly watched for, a visiting 67-man good-will cultural mission from Red China paid a call on the Rangoon Zoo. Anxious to impress the mission with the atmosphere of peaceful coexistence that pervades his particular domain, the zoo keeper thrust his arm into the cage of his gentlest lion. The lion promptly bit the intruding hand, and was driven off only by shots from the security police...
Still smarting from Tuesday's unexpected tie with spirited Brown, the varsity will be anxious to gain the first leg in its bid to capture the Pentagonal crown for the second straight year, and perhaps to impress Dartmouth coach Eddie Jeremiah. Jeremiah is a member of the board that will select the Eastern representatives to the NCAA Championship tourney in Colorado this spring...
...Fashions. Prototype models of superb British swept-wing jets annually impress the world at the Farnborough air show, yet the R.A.F.'s Fighter Command still depends for its frontier strength on a nucleus of Sabre jets, supplied by the U.S. and Canada. Britain's V-class bombers (Valiants, Vulcans and Victors) are still not operational, and to deliver its atom bombs, Bomber Command relies on the twin-engine Canberra, now officially classed as a "medium bomber." British designs are often first-rate, but British production is sluggish. The major difficulty is that the British Cabinet is still unsure...
...slipped on his rented tails, feeling a little ridiculous, and off he went to pick up his date. Opening night at the Metropolitan Opera (they said) was just about the most exciting occasion of the New York season and should therefore prove (he hoped) the most effective way to impress a girl. The investment of $60 for a pair of tickets was considerable (particularly since the show was on theater TV in Brooklyn, and dozens of other places, at $3 a seat). But this was a very special kind of girl, who knew her music. In the jogging taxi...