Word: shading
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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From this center of operations he sallies forth to lecture rooms, crowded with students eager to make the most of their chance to absorb some of the wisdom of the man who has been called the foremost legal philosopher in the world. The green eye shade which Professor Pound wears in the classroom has become a Harvard tradition, as have the anecdotes with which he spices his lectures...
...first time in the last 14 years Democrats were all of one shade-very red. The Party's left-wingers, labor cohorts and New Dealers seethed in red hot anger over what had been done to their darling, Henry Wallace. Its conservatives and middle-of-the-roaders boiled in red embarrassment over Harry Truman's fumbles. Its hard-shelled practical professionals examined their deep crimson bruises and wondered how badly they were hurt...
They started with nail enamels, soon did so well that they moved into their present smoke-grey quarters on Fifth Avenue, where they now promote two different shades a year (Charlie first decides on the name of the shade, then tries to get a color...
...glands. On hot days, they cool themselves by the energy-consuming process of breathing hard and evaporating moisture from their lungs. When the temperature goes above 95°, they run a two-degree fever. Instead of grazing in the broiling Southern sun, they prefer to stand idly in the shade and go hungry...
...from the wartime shade provided by its 138 year old guardian, the Harvard Orchestra, sponsored by the Pierian Sodality of 1808, has set up ambitious plans for enlargement and has already scheduled a year-round series of concerts during the coming terms...