Word: lid
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Mitchell lifted the lid off a black hatbox, revealed a yellow cake shaped like a fedora, with a dark chocolate hatband and the initials J.P.M. in white. Said he: "The first piece I'm going to cut I will send to R. Conrad Cooper, who is the management negotiator for the steel companies and certainly responsible in part for this performance. The second piece I will send to David McDonald, the president of the Steelworkers, who shares responsibility. The third I will eat myself...
With the case awaiting grand jury action in Boston, police tightened the lid on their evidence, except to hint about a batch of love letters (presumably from someone other than Van Rie) and Lynn's diary. On that basis the murder trial-if it comes to that-should be one of the most sensational in a long while...
...morning last week, the guard waved it in without a moment's hesitation. Philippine water-buffalo horns, 30 inches wide, arced away from the radiator; door handles, gearshift and fender ornaments were all pearl-handled Colt six-shooters, and silver-plated rifles were mounted on the trunk lid. Chromed horse heads studded the I dashboard, and the bucket seats were up holstered in the soft white leather of unborn calf. The chunky, grey-thatched driver was dressed to match. Inside the lot, he braked to a stop, grabbed an armful of fancy jeans, vests and jackets from the back...
...most part, the admissions responsibility is one of control, of "keeping the lid on the pressure cooker" as one dean phrases it. There is general agreement about the kinds of students Harvard wants to come here, but the difficulty comes in preserving a balance of types, keeping serving a balance of types, keeping everyone financially afloat, and preserving the philosophy of "opportunity for all" which keeps Harvard a national college. It involves controlling the pressures of mounting applications, rising tuition, alumni fathers, and beefing up the football team...
East German control over the present eastern sector of Berlin does not necessarily doom the western sector. While the NATO allies must not be deluded by free-city offers, they could deal with East German border guards as agents of the Soviet troops who keep the lid on in the Democratic Republic. If these East German authorities were to attempt to cut off West Berlin then it seems the United States has rightly committed itself to preserve the sector's free status, no matter what the cost. Berlin is no rock off the China coast; it is an actual incubator...