Word: shapes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...thing led to another and soon there was open violence on Cyprus. A shadowy organization of Greek resistance-fighters ("patriots" or "terrorists," depending which side you're on) took shape in the mountains, gave itself the name of EOKA, and began ambushing British soldiers and policemen. The colonial administration responded with a stern program of security measures: strict curfews, mass arrests, fines levied on whole villages, and even, it is said, the use of torture to secure information from "suspects...
...willing to be forgotten. His only reassurance needs to be the faith that somehow his efforts have increased the amount of mind in a world which can never have too much of that commodity . . . His final reward is the quality of his life, which teaching has helped to shape...
Losses & Jets. Any settlement may take some time, since T.W.A., owned 78.2% by California's fabulous Howard Hughes, is in the worst financial shape of any major U.S. airline. On last year's balance sheet, the accountants listed a net loss of $1,600,000, despite a 9.7% jump in revenues to a record $263.7 million. For the first nine months this year, the loss is $1,800,000, although other major lines are well in the black. More important, T.W.A. has borrowed so heavily from banks and insurance companies that it has rigid restrictions...
...blacksmith or other metal worker sometimes makes sure that a bar of iron is heated to a "cherry red" before hammering it into shape. He uses the (color) of the light emitted by the bar to tell...
...insists that a given point be thoroughly understood, either frame by frame or set, before the student moves on." And perhaps most importantly, the machine, like a good tutor, substantiates and corroborates right answers and quickly points out and corrects wrong ones--"using this immediate feedback not only to shape his behavior most efficiently but to maintain it in strength in a manner which the layman would describe as 'holding the student's interest...