Word: shapes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Gaulle dreams of Europe only to the extent that Europe is France. The symbol of his nationalist policy took concrete shape last week when the French government let it be known that it now has two Mirage IV bombers capable of delivering atomic bombs (probably 60 kilotons each). While to hardheaded U.S. military men the name of the bombers summarizes the whole project, to De Gaulle it is the beginning of his independent force de frappe, and as such a modest guarantee of an independent course for France. The rift between the U.S. and De Gaulle over the shape...
...Navy needed was a stout defense. But who was playing defensive football? In only two plays, Southern Methodist got that touchdown back on a 45-yd. run by John Roderick, a 168-lb. sprinter who runs the 100 in 9.4 sec. and plays football just to keep in shape for track. Minutes later the Mustangs got another and jumped into the lead, 26-25. Now it was Staubach's turn again. Circling right end, he picked up 11 yds. and ran head first into a herd of Mustangs. Slowly, the tacklers unpiled-and a gasp went up from...
...among a swarm of defenders downfield is all he needs to register the position of his receiver. Says Coach Hardin: "Some people will be in a room a thousand times, and when they're out of it, they can't tell how many lights it has, what shape the furniture is, or anything. Staubach could. He sees things...
Latin American politics take their shape from the pattern of the economy. Those who own the land, deal in exports and imports, or control distribution feel they must maintain elitist status. The economically disenfranchised, however, hold the balance of votes in a democratic election...
...André Bataille, director of the institute, to the fact that during the 2nd and 3rd centuries B.C. wood was too expensive to be used in mummy cases for average Egyptians. As a result, funeral directors enclosed corpses in waste papyrus manuscripts coated with plaster and molded to a shape vaguely reminiscent of a human body...