Word: owed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...owe it to Paul Tillich to say that he is a most kind and civilized man, intellectually a challenging and stimulating teacher-a gadfly- whose stings have raised many a philosophic welt on me, yet possessed of marvelously devastating apologetic insights. By the grace of God I survived Paul Tillich, and hope to remain a Lutheran still in the classical Christian tradition...
...also appeased Ruhr industrialists, who, because industrial production tumbled 8% in January-the sharpest drop in seven years-and because 14 million tons of unsold coal are piled up around Rhineland pits, long for protectionism and cartels, and cry for the removal of the man to whom they owe so much. They are now tired of Erhard, the apostle of free trade and competition. (At a recent Bad Godesberg business dinner, an old friend of the Chancellor's, Banker Robert Pferdmenges, insisted that Erhard must...
Clearly not having the time of his life, Author William Saroyan sailed for a film assignment in Yugoslavia, disclosed a little human comedy all his own: "I owe $30,000 in back income taxes. I don't have anything except old clothes." In fact, he added, "I need about $200,000 to get on my feet"-and unless he gets it, he might stay abroad the rest of his life...
...compromise between sentimental, crayon-book childishness and the sort of cute, commercial cubism that tries to seem daring but is really just square. The hero and heroine are sugar sculpture, and the witch looks like a clumsy tracing from a Charles Addams cartoon. The plot often seems to owe less to the tradition of the fairy tale than to the formula of the monster movie. In the final reel it is not a mere old-fashioned witch the hero has to kill, but the very latest model of The Thing From 40,000 Fathoms...
...under Dean Bundy's leadership. "I am happy that I am to continue in a less central position in these developments," he concluded, "where I hope I may continue to enjoy the friendship, patience, and help of my present colleagues and the staff of University Hall to whom I owe so much...