Word: merely
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...annual convention of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce with some confident words: "A long face never solved any difficult problem. As you approach [the problems of today] you must do so in the certainty that you are striving for the positive factors of happiness . . . and not in the mere negative idea that we are avoiding destruction or disaster this...
...Mere Squeeze. The weapons decided on for Khokhlov's mission were specially designed and built according to MVD specifications. As displayed for newsmen in Bonn last week, they were enough to send chills down the hardiest mystery-lover's spine. Two were tiny derringer-like pistols, small enough to fit in the palm of the hand. Two were machines of the same type concealed in leather cigarette cases. Fired by flashlight batteries and equipped with expansion chambers to absorb the shock wave, they were almost noiseless, and each was equipped to fire three kinds of bullets: small lead...
Cambridge has a good sweeping system, but for sheer trash Coveney thinks New York is ideal. Being long and thin, Manhattan island is a natural for a fine storm sewer system. In Cambridge, sewers are a mere six feet across. But New York sewers, according to Coveney, are beauties more than twice as wide--although he admits he doesn't get much chance to see them when he's there on vacation...
...exams is done on a comparative basis. A student who gets two thirds of the questions right on either the law or business test generally rates as average among those taking the examinations. The medical schools admissions exam is designed so that the average student will get a mere 50 percent...
...trend away from the mere state of being well-fed towards a more refined expertise started several years ago when a resident tutor, Scymour O. Simches, founded the Adams House Wine Tasters Society. The organization became so popular that another separate group was formed this year...