Word: sharpen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...full war or of comparative peace--when the government can afford to ignore production in the interests of suppressing inflation rigidly. But until then, the Hercules in the White House must slash away with whatever he has. A little good faith on the part of everyone concerned would sharpen his blade considerably...
...this physical domination over himself -or his belief in it-that enables Hogan to do things on a golf course that baffle human understanding. At 39, he needs no warm-up tournaments to toughen his nerves and sharpen his game. He just shows up for the big ones, sets the machinery in motion-and wins. Then he drops out of sight again, leaving behind another "miracle" for the Hogan legend...
...years, public-spirited citizens in The Netherlands have been pitching in guilders to the Prince Bernhard Fund so that promising Dutch artists can broaden their vision and sharpen their palettes by foreign travel. Last week, in Amsterdam's municipal museum, the travelers exhibited their new work. The general verdict of deeply disappointed Dutch critics: the money was wasted...
...first and second varsity teams went through an hour long offensive scrimmage yesterday afternoon, as Lloyd Jordan attempted to sharpen up his attack before taking up Holy Cross plays today...
Versatile, painstaking, hard-working in his profession, he had a trick of preparing his brief, then preparing an opposing brief just to test and sharpen the arguments he would use in court. A spellbinder before juries, he won the celebrated alienation-of-affection suit known as Woodhouse v. Woodhouse. For his client, a lowly soap salesman's daughter wooed and won, then spurned, by the son of one of Vermont's wealthiest, haughtiest families, Austin wangled a record jury award: $465,000, a high price for affection-especially in Vermont. (The judge cut it down...