Word: makeshift
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...something of a makeshift, but the effect was the same for U.S. youth. The generals wanted permission to draft all able-bodied young men right after high-school graduation, or at 18, on a "substantially universal basis." (The law now requires registration at 18, forbids induction until 19, and provides a school year's deferment for those already enrolled in college.) Those who graduate from high school at 17 would be allowed to volunteer, with their parents' consent, so they could serve their hitch before starting college; in no case would they be allowed to linger in high...
Signorina Mangano is, by either Italian or American standards, well stacked. Director Do Santis wisely shows her from a variety of angles. For example, we see Mangano in a makeshift bathing suit, Maugano in a makeshift weed-picking outfit, and Mangano in a makeshift nightie. She is very sexy...
...already suffered heavy casualties in battles with the encircling Communists. They had heard the screams of their comrades when the Reds lobbed phosphorous grenades into truckloads of U.S. wounded. When the order came to start south, the enemy was already closing in on Hagaru's makeshift airstrip, whence thousands of wounded and frostbite victims had been flown out. The last plane waited an extra hour for one desperately wounded...
...porteños really thought that the new price-control campaign would be any more successful in the long run than its predecessors. Years of cumbersome and inefficient state trade manipulation and Perónista economics had put strains on the old prewar price structure which no amount of makeshift shoring up could relieve. But for the time being this week, Buenos Aires merchants were dutifully keeping their eyes on the new price lists and waiting for the heat to die down...
Before the outcry grew any louder, State hastily worked out a makeshift compromise. All those whom the Times described as "undeniable totalitarians" -whatever that meant-would be barred from the U.S. But a distinction would be made between citizens of a "nominal" totalitarian government, and individuals whose aim it is to overthrow the U.S. government. That still left all borderline cases up in the air. But it was the best that State could do-at least until Congress returns in November for another look...