Word: shapely
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...smiling. A voice from the loudspeaker regularly bade the crowd to "Hurrah for Stalin." But all quite naturally turned their faces up toward him. No other procession I ever saw had the force, impact or sheer splendor of that ragged million. It was Russia that had passed, in the shape of her patient, pliant, tireless people...
...another Russia that stood and watched, in the shape of her present masters-the Politburo, lined up atop Lenin's tomb and surrounded by an army of secret policemen. All over Russia, in less dramatic settings, you sense those same counterpoints between the people and their leaders, between the lives the people would like to lead and the lives they are made to lead. You sensed them on the very train that carried me out of Russia...
...mention of Professor Einstein's name, which once could inject palpitating interest into any news story, has lost its striking edge through his previous pronouncements on the subject. The press is also not always proff against the frame of mind which watches without alarm while former hardware tycoons shape our diplomatic fortunes, but which dismisses all social thinking by scientists as fuzzy and fruitless, by definition. But while these considerations partly account for the failure of the press to do handstands, undoubtedly the biggest enthusiasm-quencher was the Committee's urgent insistence that all nations transfer some of their sovereignty...
...good for the Bolles' sweepswingers, the entire Seattle entry list is aboard the train and forced to accept the same conditioning hazard. For this reason, prior physical conditioning will play a heavier role than usual; and before entraining, Bolles happily stated that his boys were in tip-top shape...
...legislative representative, who has strong support from FDR, Jr. In the ring for the chairmanship, apparently with Bolte's backing, is Richard Bolling of Kansas City, an official of Americans for Democratic Action. In addition, policy disputes will no doubt arise (in the corridors they are fast taking shape) over ultimate minimal world government versus Big Three emphasis, bonus versus "Citizens First, Voterans Second," and just how AVC should go about attempting to throw pot shots at the Truman Docrine...