Word: semicircular
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...proposed Catholic Church (not yet sold to any parish) would be semicircular, with tiered seats like an amphitheater. Its tower would be two high walls intersecting at right angles to recall "the mission to go forth and preach the Gospel to the four corners of the earth...
...Okinawa, had passed in part from Admiral Nimitz to General MacArthur. But no word of this change had come from the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who made the decision. Not until week's end did MacArthur's headquarters proclaim: the Ryukyus, with the Philippines, "form a great semicircular base from which a mighty invasion force is being forged under the primary responsibility of General MacArthur for the final conquest of Japan...
...wholesale grocery business, which a few years ago was being rapidly encroached upon by chain stores, this process has been productive. It now supports his apartment overlooking Lake Michigan from the 21st floor of the Drake Tower Apartments - with semicircular modern couches, a glass-enclosed "garden," a dining room lighted from a cylinder under its glass-topped table...
...Oldendorf's moment. His ships laid down a semicircular wall of fire, from guns of all calibers, 5-inch to 16-inch. Laying it down were five battlewaeons salvaged from the wreckage of Pearl Harbor: the California, Tennessee and Pennsylvania (14-inch), West Virginia and Maryland (16-inch). Ultramodern fire control and crack handling put the first salvos squarely on the targets...
Volf had observed that deaf people without semicircular canals seem to have no difficulty in balancing themselves, that many had become outstanding dancers. But his most startling "evidence" was his observation of the way certain people walk. A child, said Volf, always takes his first toddling steps toward the east. Why? Because the earth's rotation in that direction makes it easier. Suggested Volf: "Just try to call a child who has begun to walk in the easterly direction. If you are west of the child, he will stop, sit down, turn around and crawl back on all fours...