Word: odd
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...plans left out his company commander's practiced eyes. Out to inspect the close-order drill class, Captain W. A. ("I'm a bug on proper uniform") Gorman quickly spied the odd bulge bobbing under Smith's jacket. He stopped the platoon and commanded the recruit to unveil the unmilitary mystery. When Gorman, also a steady TIME-reader, saw the reason for the bulge, he ordered Smith to "share his knowledge" with the platoon by reading aloud while marching...
Through 20 years he was eminently successful as a trial and corporation lawyer. On the side, he made profitable investments (example: the Rock of Ages granite company at Barre, Vt.). Jolly and convivial, he joined the Elks, Odd Fellows, Rotarians, etc., became a popular speaker for after-dinner and graduation rituals...
...Then the club announced Fox-Strangways' resignation. Said one well-born Briton: "I'm afraid they're awfully upset about it at White's. I mean to say, you should never kick a guest. Might have kicked Slessor for taking the fellow there, though-damned odd thing...
...empire in a manner that fills observers with awe and keeps his subordinates on edge. He travels abroad, always by air, a full third of the time. Another third he puts in roaming around Brazil, scribbling his daily syndicated column (2,000,000 readers) on old envelopes and odd scraps of paper. He divides the rest of his time between his news agency's two main nerve centers in Rio and Sao Paulo...
Soldiers' letters to us showed grave concern with "what people back home think." Scrawled in pencil across odd bits of notepaper, these letters bore the urgency of men at war. "The subject," wrote one sergeant, "is too grim to permit delay...