Word: shapely
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...literally the boss who makes things happen. Kissinger was not so sure the title fit, although it was difficult to discern whether Dr. Henry was genuinely worried or he was merely orchestrating results in a lower key now to prepare for more impressive results later. There was already "the shape of an agreement," admitted one spokesman aboard Air Force Two at week's end. But he cautioned that everything depended on how willing-or how pressed-both Israel and Syria were to make the difficult decisions to accept less than they wanted...
...actual manufacture of the bomb, the basic information can be gleaned from any number of public documents, some of them published by the AEC. Essentially, all that is needed to achieve a blast is to bring together a sufficient amount of properly shaped fissionable material fast enough to initiate a massive chain reaction. To do that, the Hiroshima bomb used the so-called gunbarrel technique: both ends of a heavy metal pipe were stuffed with U-235 and the charge at one end was used as a projectile. To detonate the bomb, the U-235 projectile was hurled by conventional...
...hold down growth of the money supply. Last week, Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur Burns pledged in unusually strong terms to pursue that policy-even at the price of further hurting the sliding housing industry. Now, in opposition to the Administration line, a two-pronged Democratic counter-strategy is taking shape. Democratic legislators are moving to 1) continue (or revive) limited wage-price controls to check inflation, 2) cut taxes in the hope of heading off a recession...
...twelve-year player. Red Auerbach, now the Celtics' general manager, puts it this way: "John Havlicek is what I always thought a Celtic should be." Indeed, in play and personality Havlicek is the classic team performer. On the court he seems tireless. "He is in perfect physical shape," says Auerbach. "The man doesn't sweat." With his limitless energy, Havlicek, a forward who will play guard when the Celtics want extra height on the court, often leads the famous Celtic fast break, racing downcourt to drive on the basket, shoot from outside or, more often, pass the ball...
...short, gives us our sense of reality. In this way, Gris was the most formal of all the cub ists. Picasso's formality was modified by his enormous appetite, Braque's by his aristocratic fervor, Leger's by his blunt populism, but Gris was obsessed by shape and only by shape...