Word: mering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...large collection of World War II weaponry and a sample of moon rock from the Apollo 12 mission are focal displays. In all of the museums, where trained specialists continually up-date and replace exhibits, there is a growing emphasis on an interpretative presentation of material rather than the mere display of objects. In the Truman museum an exciting exhibit--The Whistlestop Campaign of 1948--is an example of this new trend...
...moment he struck the Victorians as a prototype of the engineer-hero, a 15th century Brunel or Edison who lacked only the omnipotent semen of capital to make his projects real. At the next, the English 19th century aesthete Walter Pater wrote of his mechanical inventions as mere "dreams, thrown off by the overwrought and laboring brain...
Standing tallest, at least figuratively, is Herron, the N.F.L.'s shortest player. A mere 5 ft. 5 in. but weighing 170 Ibs., Herron has earned the nickname Mini-Mack from suddenly rabid New England fans, and new respect from befuddled opponents. "I realize it's a big man's game," says Herron. "I use the big linemen as a shield. I stay real low, lower than I really am, so the defense don't know where...
...oarsmen at Newell now consider the thought of competing against mere college crews "a joke...
Brown's goalkeeper Ted von Gerichten did a very creditable job at keeping away Harvard's mere handful of shots-on-goal, but Harvard's Fred Herold did as well as he was able in fending off all but four of Brown's nearly 20 shots...