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...each side would be permitted a radar network in the other's zone-the Russians in the Western zone, on or close to the Rhine; the NATO members somewhere in Poland. This was no impractical talk of a neutral zone, but a fresh contribution to the tired old lexicon of "demili tarized areas" and "buffer zones," and conceived in large terms...
...lexicon relaxing tension means lulling the non-Communist forces to sleep while the Communists build up their strength. Some of the delegates at Bandung understood that meaning and heard Chou's proposal in that perspective, but others were lulled. From the U.S. Government, the reaction was swift and clear and firm...
...wonky (feeble) vocabulary. Confronted by too many x's or z's, he is apt to be a coof (blockhead), and left with an excess of vowels, he can appear downright dowf (stupid). Last week help came from the colleges, in the form of a special lexicon called What's That Word? (The Times Press, Wakefield, R.I.; 40?). Compiled by two veteran theme correctors-Martha Wright of the University of Massachusetts and Tony Hofford of the University of Rhode Island-the lexicon is not only a handbook on how to dow (prosper) at Scrabble; it is also...
...keep the lexicon manageable, Teachers Wright and Hofford have included only words with five letters or less, and though many are of foreign origin (e.g., baht, the monetary unit of Siam; alif, the first letter of the Arabian alphabet), most are eminently usable in the U.S. Botanists and biologists may already know about corms (short, bulblike stems) and wekas (flightless New Zealand wading birds...
...teachers of English (and veteran scrabblers), Authors Wright and Hofford hope that their lexicon will do more than make their readers champions in the game. It should also be a boon to pavid people who cark about being mokes but would like to beek in glory...