Word: shallower
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...couple of temperamental diesel engines generated electricity to light the four-block bay-front promenade, and the townsfolk got along fine without a proper bridge across the Cuale River that split the town. Pedestrians took a swinging footbridge, and Vallarta's five taxis just sloshed across the shallow stream...
Like many shallow histories, The Appeasers is fun to read. The style is fluid and clear and the book is often funny. The condition of the Royal Air Force was so pathetic at the start of the war, for instance, that four small bombers failed miserably in dropping leaflets over Germany--two crashed and two returned home with their crews either frozen or incoherent. Unfortunately the style is also vicious and one-sided. On page after page, the authors repeat that there "was no substitute for singleminded action and efficient planning," that Britain was ruled by a group of "decayed...
...building, which will be airconditioned, will be built around an open courtyard with a shallow pool in one corner. A terrace on the fourth floor will open onto the courtyard area. Most of the books will be on the second and third floors in alcoves containing desks for studying...
...revolutionaries, the pace may seem too slow and the changes too shallow. But it is characteristic of the 60's--not so true of the 30's--that constructive activity is more important than radical philosophy. If our projects are ahead of the nation, they are not unnoticed...
...they lined up: Clark and Gurney in front, a snarling pack of Offies stretched out behind. The starter's flag dropped-and the race seemed over before it really began. Blasting nearly full-bore into the shallow-banked turns, the lighter (by 600 Ibs.) Lotus-Fords made the U.S. cars look like dump trucks. After 20 miles, Clark and Gurney were already lapping the slowest Offies. Parnelli Jones gave up the chase with magneto failure on the 43rd lap. U.S.A.C. Sprint Champion Roger Mc-Cluskey rammed into California's Chuck Hulse, and both Offies cracked into the retaining...