Word: salient
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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What were the Russians after? Facing an increasingly hostile German population, their position was not much more enviable than the West's. They were simply beating against the West's weakest salient to win either its surrender-or the even bigger prize of a new conference, with Ruhr coal on the table. What could the U.S. do about it? Washington's diplomatic counterattack-which must strive not merely for present Russian withdrawal but for guarantees against future assaults-could start with a formal protest to Moscow (which was being readied this week). The next possible steps...
When he came to Philadelphia last week, he had in his pocket the almost certain votes of some 350 delegates. To win, he needed 200 more. That was the last salient. He was ready to take...
However, William A. Rusher 3L, of the latter organization, warmly accused this announcement of neglecting to mention too many salient, arguable points...
...stores' customers. Out of those efforts grew FORTUNE. Even in its early years, TIME was highly selective about the three-inch, one-column portraits of people which were then the only kind of illustration TIME used. It tried for pictures (not always flattering) which brought out the salient characteristics of a personality. A very simple principle was added: if the story told about a man in wrath, TIME chose a picture of him looking angry; if, in the story, he had reason to rejoice, the picture smiled. Years ago, Edward Steichen, master of photography, made this comment: "Depending chiefly...
Most of the writing is by those whose efforts have appeared in past numbers of the Advocate, and with one salient exception, they have all published better work. The exception is A. K. Lewis' powerful and consummate story, "Willie Ibid," which explores a veteran's mind and still remains objective and crisp. Lewis is at his best when characterizing the standard of American morality, seen in dirty side show of an amusement park. "A group of people filed out of the concession--...a man with a woman clinging to his arm and giggling covertly, and an old man grinning with...