Word: reckoning
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...dangerous wallop. But their effect on aircraft remained mainly a theoretical problem until jets started flying at the speed of sound. After passing through rain squalls at a supersonic clip, new jet fighters returned to base peppered with pits and abrasions. U.S. Air Force engineers have now begun to reckon with rain...
...African, discerning art-lovers were charmed by Sorgo's figures. One London critic thought that Songo might be leading a triumphant invasion of the Africans. And artists envied the harmony of spirit in his work. Said one: "If European artists manage to pull off this harmony, they reckon they're lucky. But with these boys it's natural...
...that convertibility-i.e., making the pound freely convertible into dollars-is no longer considered urgent. Partly the reason is economic realities. Experts agree that the Commonwealth cannot safely risk convertibility until dollar reserves have increased to at least three times their present level. Unofficially, British Treasury men reckon that that would take about 14 years...
...Voice of Experience. In New Bern, N.C., applying for a marriage license, Alec Ogburn gave his age-111-and that of his bride-to-be-22-and told the wide-eyed clerk: "Don't laugh at me, lady ... If I don't get along with her, I reckon...
...reckon I'd rather be appointed for China...