Word: phantomed
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...snow is transmuted now, no longer white and crystaline but tough and tenacious, resistant to rain and sunlight alike. It will lie dormant, waiting for that last clear shot at the springs of a passing car. And the frantic garagemen will push ahead with their car removal, racing the phantom plows, never realizing for a minute that God will take care of the snow...
...triumph of the N.B.C. and Mayor John B. Hynes who defeated James Michael Curley's half century rule of Boston has finally come to an end. Curley's home wards did not come through for the veteran politician, who conducted a phantom campaign, and his once well-functioning machine failed
...four-minute mile is an elusive phantom that middle-distance runners have been closely pursuing since Paavo Nurmi set his mark of 4:10.4 in 1923. Some track coaches insist that it is a physical impossibility; others, pointing to the 1945 world record of 4:01.4 set by Sweden's Gunder Haegg, say it will be done eventually. Last week at the Penn Relays, some 40,000 roaring fans at Franklin Field caught a fleeting glimpse of a runner who may be the first to make it a reality. The man: Britain's 22-year-old Roger Bannister...
...designated spot, made a loud splashing in the water. Then they retired, noisily chopped some wood, returned to the river and pushed out from shore several log rafts and a boat loaded with dummies in old Turkish uniforms. An artillery and mortar barrage provided "cover" for the phantom force...
...exactly what it is that the Defense Department wants before we, you might say, strait-jacket the economy." Essentially, the Administration had been more worried about keeping the $226 billion economy unruffled than about U.S. defenses. For example, instead of pressing the button on the much-talked-about "phantom orders"-which were supposed to put machine-tool factories to work on $750 million worth of war business almost overnight-Harry Truman's planners had been following the policy of gentling defense orders into the works so as not to disturb civilian production too much (see BUSINESS). Businessmen had asked...