Word: shape
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...large flightless sea bird, slightly smaller than a goose and more docile. An expert swimmer and diver, its feet hurt so much that it often lay stretched prone on the rocks. The Auk laid only one egg a year but no two eggs were ever alike in size, shape or color...
...waggled up and down as he talked. An oldtime Tammany politician from the East Side, Justice John Francis Carew had hitherto known Vanderbilts, Whitneys, Astors, Goulds only as so many shadowy newspaper names which, as flesh & blood, never came into his middleclass world. Now it was his duty to shape the life of this small Vanderbilt by deciding what her surroundings, friends and education should be for the next decade...
Every one of the 37 men on the squad is in fine shape for the approaching conflict, and is on his toes for a chance to blast the myth of Yale's inspired greatness. Optimism runs through the whole Crimson camp despite the unfavorable predictions that are being made by most of the "inside dopesters...
Those, who realize that they are watching history take shape, will find it difficult to estimate the relative importance of the forces which gave the New Deal such an overwhelming victory at the polls on Tuesday. The personal popularity of the President was not enough. Neither can one say blithely that the political use of relief rolls was the only cause...
Although it is a bit early to make predictions as to the starting lineup which will answer the official whistle at 2 o'clock on Saturday, a probable choice began to shape up. In view of the changes which were made just prior to the Dartmouth game a week ago, anyone's guess is as good as another's when it comes to lining up the Crimson eleven...