Word: shapely
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After Welch announced that the vehicle was in very clean shape, the Defense Department stopped publicly broadcasting conversations between the crew and ground control for security reasons...
...Crimson will need Phillips to get back inbasketball shape in a hurry in order to avoidanother fiasco in the future. Fortunately, the IvyLeague season is still far away, and there areplenty of games before that in which Harvard caniron out its problems...
...women were asked to say "A box of mixed biscuits in a biscuit mixer" as fast as possible five times. Their average time was 14 sec. on high-estrogen days, vs. 17 sec. when hormone levels were low. On the other hand, the women's spatial abilities -- picking a shape out of a complex pattern, for example -- were stronger on low-estrogen days...
...weeks ago, the party's Central Committee announced a mid-1989 plenum to discuss the sensitive ethnic issue; the outcome may help shape a policy that goes beyond current disjointed prescriptions. In examining the Soviet Union's ethnic dilemma, TIME offers a report on the two republics that present Gorbachev with his greatest challenge: Estonia and Armenia...
...active than the passive Reagan, who was content to let others control details under his broad guidelines. Bush awakens early, starts working and reading almost immediately, and generates a prodigious number of memos, questions and ideas. But he requires strong staffers whom he trusts and who can help shape his agenda...