Word: shapely
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Lamar disclosed that the big negro tackle had gone into the Big Game after only three days' practice, having kept himself in shape during his convalescence with body exercises...
...soft-pedaling the fact that most of Michelangelo's stone carvings were copied from studies which he modeled in wax, and that all of his bronzes were cast from modeled clay. De Creeft believes that a sculpture, like the chicken in the egg, is partially "preexistent" in the shape of the block, the grain, the texture. He thinks of himself as trying to "collaborate" with the stone to free the figure concealed inside...
Dick Harlow will not find his team at peak strength for the encounter, for Leo Flynn, sparkplug of the Cantabs' offense all season until his injury in the Merchant Marine game, will see little if any action in the Bowl. With his leg in almost perfect shape for the final contest this week, he pulled the tendon once again in a practice session Wednesday. Right end Bob-Champion is also a doubtful starter, but the chances are that he will see considerably more action than will Flynn...
...troubles as he has encountered he has taken tranquilly; in 1927, when overwork permanently ruined his drawing hand, he learned in four months to draw with his left. At 60, he suggests a prematurely grey ex-athlete who has not had to work very anxiously to keep in good shape...
...Mediterranean just happens to be the part of the world where I saw TIME'S foreign audience taking shape. Similar stories keep coming in from wherever TIME is circulated abroad...