Word: shapely
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...President gave a strong indication that he would do just that if the bill came to him as the Senate had approved it. Said Harry Truman: It is in terrible shape; it couldn't be worse. Said the Senate's Republican strategist Robert A. Taft: "If it is vetoed again, Congress will pass a resolution extending rent controls and quit...
...through the week at Forest Hills, Budge seemed not to be fighting just his immediate opponent, but also getting his strokes in shape for the finals. When the day came, Riggs unveiled a new, blistering serve that had Budge shaking his head in despair. Riggs seldom tried, a forcing shot, but kept whipping the ball back with exasperating steadiness. Budge became so demoralized in the second set that he served three double faults in one game. The score...
...earth is round, all right-but not round like a bourgeois ball; it has a more complicated, more Russian shape. So a Soviet scientist announced recently. Since 1940, said Professor Alexander Alexandrovich Izotov, he and fellow Russian geodesists have painstakingly remeasured significant areas of the earth. Their measurements make expanding Russia bigger than ever...
...Wells has to rewrite "four, five, six or seven times" before his beoks take on "shape and form...
Conceived last winter by three law students, Charles O. Porter '41 3L, President; Charles G. Sweet 3L, editorial manager; and Paul Hellmuth 3L, business manager, the Record has finally taken shape as a large, four-page, six-column paper. The initial circulation will be 1,000 and the subscription rate is $1.50 mailed to law students and $2.00 to others...