Word: reflect
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Consternation. Fulton charged, in effect, that Fellow Republican Humphrey, named by President Eisenhower "to speak for our nation," did not truly reflect U.S. public opinion. "Humphrey came down here with an empty briefcase," said Fulton. "The American delegation was told to keep its mouth shut and get it over with as fast as possible." Explaining that he had gone to Brazil "on my own, just to contest Humphrey's policy," Fulton proposed a "vigorous program of [Latin American] development comprehending an immediate billion dollars from United States public funds." There were, he went on, 370,000 unemployed...
Short-Term Indicator. Another big trouble with the Dow-Jones, and most other averages, is that they reflect broad market trends largely in terms of what a few blue chips are doing. Even on the day last week when the Dow-Jones average rose the most, almost half of the 1,271 stocks traded showed losses, and a few, e.g., Bell Aircraft and Studebaker-Packard registered lows for the year. Concluded the Wall Street Journal (which is owned by Dow Jones & Co., Inc.): the meaning of the industrial average "becomes increasingly vague'' except as a short-term indicator...
...surprising that the weakest of Wilde's works are those that reflect what he himself considered the weakest part of his character. Few of his poems pass muster today; they are the lush, overripe productions of a man who got "a curious joy" (a "kick" is the modern word; out of being "spendthrift of my own genius" and let himself "drift with every passion till my soul / Is a stringed lute on which all winds can play...
...into a number of unusual situation's the former director of the Harvard observatory likes to disclaim most of the legends about him. "It's as Holmes wrote," he muses, "half he lies they tell about me aren't true." As Shapley talks, his frequent smile and darting eyes reflect his good nature. Students recall his rapid speech and movements, unslowed by the passing of 69 years. Shapley could stop his work now with full assurance that he would be remembered as one of the leading astronomers of this era. But one assistant claims that he is still so busy...
...Council has not in a "slapdash" or any other manner eliminated any of the committees as yet. The considered clause was added to enable Council members to reflect and discuss it with their constituents...