Word: shapely
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hands a large part of the striking power of the Navy. Others may pull the strings and add to or lessen my frustrations, strengthen or weaken, sharpen or blunt the weapon before it is handed to me; but it is I who have it. It is mine to shape and polish, inspire or confound, instruct or confuse, ready or sheathe, and employ wisely or foolishly...
...variety of services they demanded. "If you don't give us the treatment we expect," announced one of them to a high U.S. official, "you're out. We'll take care of you when we get back to Washington." At one point, Investigator Johnson cabled then-SHAPE Commander General Alfred Gruenther, demanded an airplane to fetch them for delivery at their next stop. The general declined, but another time, in Italy, the women conned the Air Force out of a plane for their...
...reach the goals set by the Sixth Five Year Plan adopted a year ago. In addition, scowled the Committee, "the plans for housing have been only partly fulfilled," which was a soft way of saying that Russia's desperate housing situation is in terrible shape...
Furthermore, says Litchfield, Pitt's library is in wretched shape. While Harvard spends $192 on books per student, Pitt spends only $17. The scholarship program is below par, and there is a shortage of housing. Meanwhile, the university suffers from a severe case of provincialism: only 4% of its 18,000 full-and part-time students come from outside the state...
...after Pearl Harbor, Feller joined the Navy, lost nearly four years of his career. Returning to Cleveland in 1945, he was wise enough to know that it was time to substitute control, sharp-breaking curves and sneaky sliders for his fading speed, and he worked incessantly to stay in shape. Through it all he wore the relaxed and happy look of a man who likes his work, and for whom the great game was indeed a great game...