Word: leanness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Cartooning is a delicate thing, like walking on an edge. If you lean a little to the left or a little to the right, you are lost...
...sculpture as in life, the figure of Thomas Jefferson contains no repose. He was a tall and restless man, redheaded, lean, gangling, with a frontiersman's hard body and a philosopher's brooding brow. The statue by Sculptor Rudulph Evans has caught that quality: Jefferson stands erect, rebellious, staring toward the White House with strained and unyielding eyes. Around the walls above his head, his carved words stand out like a shout in the Memorial's massive silence: I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind...
Short for Turrets. Headed for gunners' wings and immediate transfer to combat outfits, the new graduates marched past Fort Myers' lean, brown-eyed commander, Colonel Delmar T. Spivey, and a party of visitors. There were a few tall men among them, but most of the new gunners were undersized, were stretching their legs to the limit to make a regulation pace. "Good for these tight turrets," observed Del Spivey. "They can shoot, too, I'll guarantee that...
Although the war may bring lean years to the Memorial Church, Dean Sperry reported 6,000 more people in attendance at Church services this year than last, and looked to the Church "to keep the mind of the community religiously in touch with the problems of the time...
...squad, as they lined up yesterday, are Freshman Jim Slattery, a lean gent who looks like he can hit, at first base, Albie Everts, puck-Chaser who hasn't played baseball since Freshman year, at second, Wally Sorgi a yearling who also pitches some, at short, and Brewster Wolfe, ex-Jayvee basketeer, at the hot corner...