Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...public and many of the news commentators seem unwilling to pronounce Sputnik correctly, with the phoneme of the vowel sound of "boot" rather than that of "but." E. G. FLETCHER Austin, Texas
...entry-loud, messy, vigorous and oblique. Part of the title-Je t'aime, No. 11-A-was scrawled with grey mud against a background of black and orange bars. Beneath the letters was a bloody smear, at the point of what might be an upright brush. It did seem an odd way to say: "I love...
...films and coordinating agencies are not enough. These seem to aim at short-term panaceas to catch up with the Russians. James E. Allen Jr., New York State Commissioner of Education, said that although he was "definitely concerned about the Soviet threat," he was "disturbed as well by the emphasis in Washington on a crash program in science and mathematics." An overemphasis on science and mathematics can result in an exclusion of other necessary fields...
...manuscripts, not quite art for art's sake or literature for literature's sake, seem to epitomize the joy of collecting. A Gutenberg Bible, the original manuscripts of Keats' Endymion, Balzac's Eugenie Grandet, Dickens' A Christmas Carol, and Pope's Essay on Man, among other works, have traveled about the country with the drawings and illuminations in this magnificent and unconventional exhibition which circulate, to a wider audience, J.P. Morgan's gift to the public...
...Eisenhower remains in office, the Vice President will have to assume a more active role if the executive branch of the government is to provide the necessary leadership. In either case, the need for a stronger and more positive program by the Democratic majority in Congress would seem apparent...