Word: shapes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Instructive was the whole proceeding. Secretary Hull announced that discussions of the trade agreement had been going on for twelve months, but it was obvious that the actual bargain must have been whipped into shape in about two months. Only hearing was a three-day session in Washington during July, but there was no public or political wrangle for the good reason that nobody knew what the terms of the forthcoming agreement were. In Cuba and Washington, manufacturers, producers, importers, were given informal hearings. No sworn testimony was taken. Interested parties were allowed to present their views, claims and kicks...
Faced by one of the toughest schedules in the Crimson's gridiron history, the Harvard coaches will get busy early with the list of aspirants in an attempt to whip a creditable eleven into shape for the first game...
Nobody seemed more pleased at this strange outcome than Father Schreckengost. Said he: "Many a night I couldn't sleep thinking about that poor child crying because of the shape she was in. I tell you, it's a pitiful thing. She's never had any pleasure out of life...
...During last week's dive Dr. Beebe saw a great grey shape slide past the bathysphere window. The fish ? species un known ? was 20 ft. long, he estimated, and garlanded with lights like an excursion boat. The lights, he guessed, were phosphorescent parasites. Mr. Barton tried to photograph the creature but had almost no time to focus his camera. The film when developed was dismally blank...
When Clark was a youngster, he and his friend Hal discovered an old cutter, shored up but with timbers still sound. They spent happy hours putting her in shape; Virginia and Grace helped them. The four planned to sail away together until money ran short. Hal skipped out promising to return. Clark married Virginia. Years passed. After his wife died Clark took to the sea, but it was too late for roving. He preferred the lightship where time stands still...