Word: ruggedness
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Witness Mr. Stalin seated more erectly and least comfortably in a nonupholstered swivel-type desk chair of rugged construction, a chair so typical of the ultimate in utilitarianism. . . . His expression reflects perfectly the attributes of his chair. It is that of the executive, the chief, the big shot. With eyes...
Arawe lies 290 wild, rugged miles from Rabaul and its broad harbor. At Arawe, the. General is not in position for a practicable overland march. But he is in a key spot to hasten the process of isolating Rabaul, a process begun by strong seaand-air attacks in the past...
Many of these charred, strewn, gaping images, signed by such names as Wren, Adam, Nash, Soane and Stuart, make a moving reaffirmation of their dignity and style. Ruin sometimes adds beauty as well as pathos. Says Architectural Writer J. M. Richards in an eloquent preface: "The architecture of destruction not...
Like his father, genial, rugged Bishop Smith, 67, was once an oil operator in his native Pennsylvania. Although he had a wife to support, he later turned to the ministry. "I don't know why," he says. "It is just one of those things." After 23 years of pastoral...
In New Guinea, jungle-wise Australians mopped up the Huon Peninsula. Along rugged, malaria-ridden trails, with the help of Matilda tanks, they pushed converging columns toward Jap outposts. Their immediate objective: to clear the enemy from the hinterland of Finschhaven, the port captured almost two months ago by a...