Word: poundingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...iron heel of oppression. He demanded of the mountains that they nominate Grant for a third term. While other cowpunchers twanged The Old Chisholm Trail, Ashurst (who knew countless stanzas, both clean and dirty, of that song) quoted Shakespeare to the coyotes and the stars. "I could throw 56-pound words clear across the Grand Canyon." he said years later. "As a matter of course, I went into politics...
Given the new prices, a minimum-wage earner in Russia must work five hours for a pound of butter, as against 42 minutes in the U.S. The Russian must work four hours for a pound of meat, as against 46 minutes in the U.S. The political consequences of these figures, at home and abroad, might be vast. They suggest that Russia cannot afford to produce both guns and butter. They also show that the revolutionary regime, whose basic appeal was to the "masses" and their hunger for a better life, today still cannot fully satisfy that hunger...
...detailed investigation by Sheldon Glueck, Roscoe Pound Professor of Law, and his wife, Elcanor T. Glueck, research associate in criminology, will assist case workers by identifying the source of each trait...
...until it is honest to give eight ounces for a pound and only fifty cents for a dollar can the county unit system be anything but deception and fraud...
...tend to be small in size, distrustful of "worldliness" and "heresies" in mainstream Protestantism, ardent in their faith, and embellished with such florid names as Faith and Miracle Tabernacle or Church of the Living God. Few of them have fulltime ministers. Church services emphasize oldtime hymns and sermons that pound home a basic Gospel message of Christ's saving grace. There is little or no liturgy. "We feel that all this rising and reading confuses the issue,'' says Pastor Delamarian. "Our message is simple: Have you been saved...