Word: marveled
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...might fall off any moment. That's sheer damned skill." Of Rembrandt's A Man in Armour: "I just go all goo-goo when I stand in front of it. It is one of the finest pictures in the world. In fact, it's a bloody marvel!" The program had now run 20 minutes over schedule, but Sir Gerald added: "You know, I get excited and carried away every time I come here. You must come and see the pictures. I get tight just looking at them. Come and see them. We've got more...
Some excerpts from the cover stories: "Modern man has become accustomed to machines with superhuman muscles, but machines with superhuman brains are still a little frightening." "The Pentagon ... is simple in concept and organization, infinitely complex in detail; a marvel of systematic sense when the system is mastered, a mire of confusion when...
...four excellent soloists, tenor Oscar Henry'52 stood out. His magnificent voice is even stronger and truer than last year. The chorus, as always, was a marvel of precision and balance...
...Williams was the indispensable man. His handshaking and backslapping helped to arouse the enthusiasm of precinct and outpost alike. And above all, he beat the Republicans. The pundits give Soapy little credit for winning in 1948, because the G.O.P.'s Kim Sigler was an overconfident pushover. But they marvel at the off-year victory in 1950. It was so close that it took five weeks to determine that Soapy had beaten ex-Governor Harry Kelly...
...Congratulations on your May 26 reporting of MacArthur's slur at generals in the White House ... I never cease to marvel at the many facets of the MacArthur personality, but this one really takes the cake. What makes Mac think he is an exception to the old political axiom-that generals make poor presidents? It smacks of an inflated ego, plus a childish fit of pique, i.e., "if I can't have it, neither...