Word: shapely
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...forthcoming book Beyond Guilt and Justice, to be published next winter, Kaufmann states that contemporary man has succumbed to decidophobia and in the process limited his freedom to mold his character and shape his future. The decidophobe often restricts himself, Kaufmann says, by making one of ten major choices that automatically eliminates the need for many future decisions...
...very good shape," Lowell said after the operation, which he termed routine. "He's a very well developed man and that makes the outlook for a rapid recovery all the better...
...Navy hearing. Arnheiter takes his appeal to Washington, where Sheehan first encounters him. Here is where Sheehan begins his book, subtly tying each new detail into a larger pattern which leads to the inescapable conclusion that the Navy did only what it had to do. The psychological pressures which shape the crew's conduct are expertly drawn by Sheehan; the final result is that the reader is believing the unbelievable. Within the web of Arnheiter's madness, events assume truly unrealistic proportions--it is to Sheehan's credit that he is able to return the reader to the realization that...
Although the record book will show a 9-0 victory, Harvard's varsity squash team gave a poor performance yesterday against Yale. The win, no matter what shape it came in, brought the Crimson an undefeated season and an intercollegiate team title...
...corridor with a gently undulating ceiling leads to a sitting room filled with abstract art, then a smoking room whose circular walls flow inward at one point to form a cluster of seats in the shape of half-moons. The stark white dining room, which seats 24, shines under a luminous ceiling studded with 7,000 glass stalactites. The lighting can be altered from very bright to intime. Out of view but also done over is the ancient kitchen; heretofore state banquets have been catered affairs. The French press unanimously applauded Pompidou's devastating coup de main. Someone recalled...