Word: shapes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Some Sweeping Statements. What, then, do shape up as the issues that will decide the election? In the most general terms, it seems likely that Johnson will concentrate on Democratic domestic achievements, ignoring the U.S.'s overseas dilemmas...
...Deciding Factor. So in the end the campaign may shape up not so much as a collision between sharply conflicting philosophies as between two sharply conflicting personalities...
Every beachcomber knows that sea shells are beautiful, yet few know they are so beautiful that once their shape inspired a style that spread across half of Europe. During the 18th century, painters, sculptors, even candlestick makers all followed the curve of the sea shell. The style was called rococo-itself an onomatopoeic image of the art -from the French word rocaille, meaning fancywork in rocks and shells...
...happy souls who are celebrating a happy day." It was certainly a happy one for Lyndon. "I've been going to conventions since 1928," he drawled, "and this one is the best one of all." Before a 10-ft. by 6-ft. birthday cake baked in the shape of the U.S., Lyndon playfully made a pass at Arizona with a knife, then sheared off the tip of Texas and wolfed it down with help from Lady Bird and Hubert...
...Poles, No Deserts. Tiros has long proved the worth of a weather satellite by picking out the classic cyclonic shape of tropical storms, made history when it identified Hurricane Esther in 1961 several days before it would have been spotted by conventional means. But neither Tiros nor any other weather observer has ever been able to make regular and thorough weather observations of the poles, where scientists believe major influences on the world's weather originate, the major deserts or the southern oceans. From its polar orbit, Nimbus will do all this-and more...