Word: reared
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...called George Arthur Rose in the novel) gossiping with his bishop about the long drawn-out election of a new Pope. With malice towards everyone, Rolfe is as agile as a marmoset, and a sharp-toothed incessant talker. The talk is hushed as chanting begins in the rear of the theater. With measured tread, the Sacred College advances down the two long aisles in a swirl of scarlet and incense. As the cardinals reach the stage, they pause before the bishop and the priest: "Wilt thou accept pontificality?" Rolfe turns to kneel to his bishop, so unexpectedly chosen, only...
...more revolutionary than this year's Lotus turbines. It employed a totally new chassis configuration, with the driver and engine positioned next to one another in the center of the vehicle. Chapman borrowed the four-wheel drive train from last year's car, but reverted to a conventional rear engine chassis layout...
...assimilation," as animal behaviorists call these processes, male animals regard their keeper as a sexual rival. A male lion, for example, usually sits benignly by while the keeper strokes his lioness. But if the keeper shows affection for the lioness while she is in heat, the male may rear up, roar menacingly and act as if he is ready to tear his cage-and his keeper-apart...
...Died. Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, 86, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor during the devastating Japanese attack on Dec. 7, 1941; of a heart attack; in Groton, Conn. In a military investigation following the Pearl Harbor debacle, Kimmel and his Army counterpart, Lieut. General Walter C. Short, were charged with "unpreparedness" in allowing themselves to be caught so totally by surprise. Both were relieved of command after which they quickly retired from service. To his dying day, Kimmel believed that he was the scapegoat of an F.D.R. maneuver "to get the U.S. into...
Appropriately, the son of the bug is inexpensive to build. An old VW chassis, with its independently suspended four wheels and air-cooled rear engine, provides the basic foundation. The frame is first shortened by 14½ inches-a process that moves the center of gravity back over the rear wheels, where traction is needed, and costs about $50 in a mechanic's shop. Then a lightweight molded fiber-glass body is bolted securely onto the chassis. Scores of small firms across the U.S. are now producing these bodies in a rich assortment of styles and colors and sell...