Word: shapely
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...middle age (he is 44) had mellowed Harry. Grinning, he said: "The capitalist system is going to be around for a long time, and we have to shape a labor program to fit the system." Last week, after 25 years, he applied for his final U.S. citizenship papers. But his troubles were not over. And again they lay in the courts. Seeking a divorce, his wife charged that he is the father of a New York dancer's illegitimate child. Harry denied...
Western Europe now has a network of "garages," the like of which the Continent-and probably the U.S. as well-has never seen. Having kept the armies rolling across Germany, they are now putting everything that "rolls, shoots or explodes" in shape for reshipment to the Far East. Many divisions are already rolling out of Germany with equipment in top shape...
...months ago, the Army tentatively hoped to save 70% of its European equipment for use in the Far East. Then, that estimate seemed high. But much materiel proved to be in far better shape than expected because i) once the Rhine was passed, the rate of attrition fell rapidly to zero, 2) repair more than kept pace with losses. General George Patton's Third Army alone has put back into working order 348,000 pieces of equipment, ranging from rifles.to tanks...
Compared to the Greek ideal (e.g.., Aphrodite of Cyrene), Norma is relatively slim-hipped and less voluptuously curved; the trend in development of her figure seems to be toward the "high fashion" or dress-model type-a tall (5 ft. 7 in.) triangular shape with broad shoulders, very slender hips and long legs...
...male shape shows a similar trend: U.S. men are growing taller and heavier, have broader shoulders and narrower hips than their grandfathers of the 1890s. Anthropologist Shapiro believes there must be something in the American environment that produces tall men & women; the average U.S. height is now greater than that of any European country from which the U.S. people originally came...