Word: polishing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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With two more weeks to correct their sprints and polish their bladework, the boat will be ready to show its mettle against Syracuse, M.I.T., and B.U. It could be a pleasant day for Leavitt...
...Florida jaunt, coach Bill McCurdy uncovered some outstanding hidden talent, and the most encouraging surprise of all was probably sophomore Stan Doten. Even while hindered by inexperience and a severe sunburn, Doten gained an amazing amount of polish in the hammer throw, finally topping his more experienced teammates with an excellent 166 ft. heave...
...Some 5,800,000 Germans were herded out after the war, leaving only 6,000 there today. About 7,500,000 Poles live there now, most of them postwar arrivals from other parts of Poland. Statues of German heroes have been carted away from village squares and replaced by Polish figures. Every German street sign is gone...
...Polish fears have largely faded. "We are not sitting on our suitcases any more," said a Polish scientist in Szczecin. "We are here to stay." Peasants, assured by the government that there will be no forced collectivization, are expanding their holdings under a new government scheme that allows farmers to buy state land at low cost. Obviously with Vatican approval, Cardinal Wyszynski has sent Polish bishops into the area, proclaiming, "Poland has come here, plows and sows here, kneels and prays, believes and loves here...
This was no sudden shift for Actress Taylor, who had been raised as a Christian Scientist. She first thought of adopting the Jewish faith when she married her third husband, the late Mike Todd-born Avrom Goldbogen, grandson of a Polish rabbi. Her friendship with Singer Eddie Fisher, a Jew, may have increased her concern with Judaism. About six months ago she began studying under Rabbi Max Nussbaum of Hollywood's Temple Israel...