Word: makeshifts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Perkins further emphasized that the move was only temporary. "This is only a makeshift arrangement in anticipation of the rumored two additional Houses needed to relieve the present overcrowding," he stated...
...down, the Israelis took special trouble to achieve maximum surprise. That morning David Ben-Gurion, the aging (68) lion of Judah who led the nation to victory in the 1948 war, went before the Knesset in Jerusalem as Israel's Premier-designate. Returning to office with a makeshift majority including both left-wing freethinkers and hardshell Sabbatarians, Ben-Gurion looked rumpled and tired. He made his speech sitting down, paused frequently, and once asked the indulgence of the house while he rested. "I am prepared," he said, "to meet with the Prime Minister of Egypt and with every other...
Cops set up a makeshift 600-bed dormitory to shelter the meaner criminals, gave temporary freedom to lesser lawbreakers...
Generally, the team's passing has never been better than it was yesterday. The rally that set up Hodnett was only one of many fine passing combinations that the makeshift line displayed. Once again, the eleven failed to capitalize on many chances to score, but the performance was good, especially considering the number of injuries the team has suffered...
...which wrote well and did not leak. Frawley bought him out for $18,000, rented a factory for $450 a month and started manufacturing Paper-Mate pens. To solve the problem of fading and transferable ink, he used a new ink that a Hungarian chemist mixed in a makeshift home lab. Frawley's first selling coup was to talk two banks into cashing checks written with his pens. Then Frawley started a big advertising campaign to plug the only pens with "bankers' approval." By using high-pressure selling in stores, bright, eye-catching counter displays, and full-page...