Word: lowness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...indeed lost many of its top officials, Lilienthal admitted. But it had lost them for the same reasons that made many citizens reluctant to trade the security and rewards of private life for the hazards, the glare and the low pay of Government office. As for the rank & file, he pointed out that AEC's record compared almost exactly with figures on turnover for all Government agencies...
...from the spectators. Chambers did not seem to hear. He stared without expression at gaunt, handsome Alger Hiss and his decorous, greying wife, Priscilla. He seated himself in the witness chair, took the oath, fixed his eyes on the ceiling toward the back of the room and, in a low, even voice, began his long story...
...abreast of stockmarket quotations. Of her it was said that "in any sort of weather, she works on all the while, until she's raked together, a tidy little pile."*Because her father liked to employ titled Europeans as footmen and office boys, Alice had acquired a rather low opinion of continental coronets ("You bid the right amount-you own a duke or count...
...Fleming. She was once known as &qout;The Shrimp Queen," because her father had made a lot of money in shrimp. In Northern villages, alongside pictures of Leopold inscribed "We await our King's return," there were on display posters of bosomy Mary Liliane in a low-cut evening dress, bending over a banquet table strewn with blossoms. The caption said simply: "Fruits and Flowers...
Past performance figures (only first places will count in the scoring) give Harvard-Yale an edge in the pole vault, high jump, shot put, 100, mile, 880, and 220 low hurdles; the Britishers appear superior in the 440, 220, broad jump, two mile, and 120 high hurdles. No times are available for speculation on the 440-yard sprint relay...