Word: overdoes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Speak up! The acoustics of the Supreme Court Chamber are "wretched." But don't overdo it: "No judge likes to be shouted at as if he were an ox." He warned his audience that the justices constantly ask questions. He also added a note of comfort: "It is clear proof that the inquiring justice is not asleep...
...grown flabby from sedentary life overdo it when he starts exercising? "Most of them," says Dr. Cureton, "quit long before their hearts stop them." At first the middle-aged softy may develop sore muscles because his circulation is sluggish. But provided that he is not ill, the condition disappears as soon as his strengthened heart begins pumping more blood...
Letters have been coming to her from friends and complete strangers, coast to coast: "Please don't overdo before the 22nd"-the date of her return this week in her most famous role, Isolde, in Wagner's Tristan and Isolde. "Please take care of yourself so you will be in good voice," wrote another. "We have waited so long, and you must not let us down...
...there is any department for which this motion picture may take honors, it is the acting of Gloria Swanson. She plays the part of a forgotten silent screen star whose desire to regain her former glory drives her insane. Although the script requires Miss Swanson to overdo a part which by its very nature demands overacting, her portrayal is excellent...
...pilots took off with dry ice to knock down fleecy clouds. They did not knock down much rain. For one thing, they often picked on the wrong clouds, e.g., the stratiform (layerlike) clouds, which unless very thick do not contain enough moisture to matter. And they were inclined to overdo, choking the clouds with too much dry ice. A piece of dry ice falling through a supercooled cloud creates enormous numbers of ice nuclei. Too many falling pieces of dry ice create too many nuclei; they compete fiercely for the water in the cloud, but there isn't enough...