Word: keels
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...United Nations . . . We will continue to work with the other free nations to strengthen our combined defense . . . We will build up our own Army, Navy and Air Force and make more weapons for ourselves and our allies . . . We will expand our economy and keep it on an even keel...
...Soyuz' keel was reportedly laid in 1935 along with those of two sister battleships, Trety Internatsional (the Third International), launched this year and still being fitted out, and Sovietskaya Ukraina (the Soviet Ukraine), not yet off the Leningrad ways...
Back in the days when West Point and Annapolis both filled their ranks mainly through presidential and congressional appointees, the Army-Navy football series was on an even keel. But in 1942, Army got authority from Congress to pick its own candidates when congressional choices failed to make the grade. When Army beat Navy in 1944 for the first time in six years, suspicious Navy men began to wonder if West Point had not found a new source for husky linemen and jet-propelled backs. Last year, after five lean Navy seasons, capped by 1949's thumping...
...Walter George managed to combine demagoguery and intelligent discussion all in one speech. "The Republicans did not 'daddy' the thing," charged George, "and the Democrats did not 'daddy' it nor 'mammy' it. The Communists are entitled to the credit." On an even keel-"The bill we are discussing raises a fundamental issue of government," he said and he raised the familiar issue of states' rights. "There are honorable Senators who will say that such a law is working very well in certain states." But he was against the government attempting to force moral...
...slow, sentimental number like They Say It's Wonderful, performed with breathless tenderness, she puts together the rare blend of singing and acting talent that makes lyrics carry emotion as well as melody. And, toward the end, when she bounces back into animal spirits to join Keel in Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better, her strident comic style and Berlin's flamboyant duet seem to have been made for each other...