Word: roundness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...program is in promising shape. Last week Skate, third U.S. operational atomic submarine, crossed the Atlantic east to west under water in 7 days 5 hr., sliced 20 hours off the old England-to-U.S. record set by Nautilus, became the first boat to complete an Atlantic underwater round trip...
...into Khrushchev in the corridor. Now he was bundled up in his black overcoat with the curly black fur collar and the cylindrical black fur hat. He gave us a grin and a sort of salute. Then, accompanied by a general, he moved on down the hall, as round and jolly a commissar as ever stoked the fires or marshaled the might of international Communism...
Business Booster McCormack had other bait, such as low Irish wages (average: $21 for a 48-hour week), low power rates (1 per kw-h). low living costs (50? for round steak, 24? for a shot of fine Irish whisky), and the idea that the U.S. manufacturer in Ireland will be able to sell his goods tariff-free to the future European free-trade area, which Ireland intends to join. The free-trade area should prove particularly attractive to businessmen who set up plants in the 200-acre customs-free zone around Shannon Airport in County Clare...
...meager prospect of reward left no room for fun or friendship last week as eyes watered and red noses ran from the cold. Bev Hanson hesitated for one nervous afternoon in the second round and dropped to fourth, came back next day to grab the lead. She finished with a 72-hole total of 299, coasting home in her dandy underwear to her first Titleholders title, five strokes in front of Texan Betty Dodd, eight ahead of Defender Berg...
...followers in doubtful oracular wisdom ("What can a crocodile do to you if your mind is clear and your conscience is untroubled?"). When a drought parches the countryside, Raju inadvertently agrees to fast till the rains come. He caches food in the corners of the temple, but the round-the-clock ministrations of his disciples prevent him from eating it. At this point Raju realizes that he is not man enough to be a saint...