Word: sharper
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Rumer Godden is one of the most interesting of bad writers, or else one of the most unsatisfying of good ones. Breakfast With the Nikolides is much sharper and more mature than Gypsy, Gypsy (TIME, Aug. 12, 1940), yet as a whole the book is like an overcomplicated omelet prepared by an amateur chef too late at night for those who must digest...
Unfortunately, Leo's run was not the only scoring of the game. The Tiger of that year had somewhat sharper claws, and the CRIMSON announced, "Harvard Outplayed at Every Point; Princeton 41, Harvard...
...year ago the local doctors had Tupá Mbaé jailed in Posadas for practicing without a license. This made Tupá Mbaé a martyr and hundreds made pilgrimages to see him behind the bars. Presently a sharper bailed Tupá Mbaé out of jail, began to exploit him. The medical profession finally forced Tupá Mbaé across the border into his native Paraguay, but there he found willing protectors...
Otherwise Mr. Starnes agreed with Captain Armstrong. Except for a momentary blackout when he pulled the ripcord, his mind was sharper and quicker than when his feet were on the ground. Like Dr. Armstrong, he had no "gone" feeling, which one gets when an elevator begins to fall too rapidly. His heartbeat and blood pressure were normal at all times...
...efforts to stop inflation by saving the consumer from himself. To Henderson, the 18-month limit on time sales of consumers' durable goods looks generous. Henderson had already persuaded Eccles to include furniture in his list of controlled goods. Now he pushed him into threatening still sharper restrictions...