Word: obviously
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...happened so fast that Ron ran the last quarter in 56.4, was clocked for the mile in 4:03.7, just one-tenth second short of the indoor record. It was obvious that even if the Hungarian gets around to running up another record for himself, The Delany will probably be pounding home in front of that race...
...allies worked feverishly to find a solution that would save face all around. In New York members of Britain's U.N. delegation scurried about trying to drum up support for a demilitarized Tunisian-Algerian border patrolled by a force similar to the UNEF in Gaza. One obvious objection to this scheme: it would severely handicap the Algerian rebels by depriving them of their privileged sanctuary and would thereby damage Bourguiba's prestige with his countrymen, the bulk of whom ardently support the rebel cause. In Paris U.S. Ambassador Amory Houghton urged moderation on Felix Gaillard, and in Tunis...
Lots and lots of Patchen is pretty erotic: sex cooked well. Here's where the world looks good, where all is clean and warm and endless. If the particular "not wholly unrewarding hour" you choose suits, his erotic stuff will appeal; yet it so much celebrates obvious things badly that it is tedious...
...Under the rules of the International Geophysical Year, the Russians are supposed to make all the data public within eight months of receiving them.'They still have six months' time for Sputnik I, and not even the obvious propaganda advantage has hurried them into publication...
...They were shunned in favor of larger (and cheaper) models made by G.M. and Ford. Chrysler tried cutting prices up to $274 a car. "What did that do for our volume?" asked Colbert. "Absolutely nothing." Profits skidded from $74.8 million in 1953 to $18.5 million in 1954. "It was obvious the public wanted bigger automobiles. We learned quite a lesson...