Word: nods
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Ford crankshafts have been cast with such success that many another part is made in the same way. But the trend toward casting did not get up real speed until many foundrymen last year began to fear that war contracts, escorted by priorities, would pass them by without a nod...
...something like this: "It is not enough to win the war; we must also win the peace." This tricky grouping of words is rapidly becoming one of the less palatable platitudes of our day. It has over-tones of piety which deny explanation, and most people are satisfied to nod their approval, and let it go at that...
...defense, Bud Carstensen and Captain Dick Mechem get the nod for starting posts, and Gus Sommers, whose defensive play has limited the opposition to three goals in four encounters, guards the cage...
When the Dean insists that more "common sense, teamwork, and leadership" should be taught, students will nod to the familiar platitudes. But when Dean Donham demands vocational training in the colleges, his failure to comprehend the true function of a liberal arts college in a modern democracy is revealed...
...looks from here like a close game, with Eliot getting a slight nod. The Funsters are rated only a fighting chance against Lowell, in their game today, as a result of their trimming of Adams last week, but Lowell's victory over the Puritans rates them as the favorites...