Word: shapely
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Norris and those committed to RUS this is the only way to get organization back into shape. They are convinced that RUS is not just a remnant of the old Radcliffe that seems to be fading out of existence, and that despite the all too evident lack of interest in it, RUS can be of use to women in the University. There is no question in their minds that RUS must survive. And maintaining it takes work...
While they wait, three-year-old Galo plays with his wooden top. Most young peruanos have tops; resembling a large radish in shape and size, the top is thrown like a yo-yo with a flick of the wrist and spins upright even in an unpaved road...
...Carter had "chosen wisely." In contrast, The Times asserted in an accompanying editorial that Bert Lance, Carter's choice for director of the Office of Management and Budget, was "an unknown quantity," a man who did "not appear to be suited to play the larger role of helping to shape broad national economic policies" despite his reputation as an "accessible and efficient executive." The same sort of criticism might have been directed reasonably against Vance. But where experience and managerial skill had been insufficient qualifications for the president's budget officer from Georgia, they had proved more than enough...
Just 31 days after his election, Jimmy Carter made his first Cabinet-level appointments and thereby offered the first solid clues as to the future shape of his Administration. As Secretary of State, he selected Cyrus Vance, 59, an urbane, methodical, Yale-educated Manhattan lawyer who had been Deputy Defense Secretary in the Johnson Administration and a familiar figure in and around U.S. foreign policy for more than a decade. At the same time, Carter also announced that a close personal friend, Thomas Bertram Lance, 45, a bulky (6 ft. 4 in., 235 Ibs.), blunt-speaking banker and college dropout...
Someone once said the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of moral crisis, go fishing. Don't be taken in by other people's opinions. Shape their opinions instead--about politics, books, movies. About anything you think should come to the public's attention...