Word: sharpness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...given the democracies a new sense of unity, and implicit assurance that the U.S. meant to go to war if the Red army tried to invade Western Europe; but the treaty, by the very fact that it also committed Western Europe to stand against aggression, had thrown into sharp and shocking relief
...many parts of the world, the executioners' business is booming, but not in Germany. Since Hitler's fall, there has been a sharp recession in the head-chopping line; Gustav Voelpel, Berlin's executioner, has had only 30 calls to the block since the war. "At 1,000 marks a head," he says, "I can scarcely make both ends meet." Hard-pressed, Gustav decided that what he needed was a sideline to supplement his income. He apparently found one. Last week, obligingly wearing his formal professional attire for the benefit of photographers (see cut) Gustav appeared...
...sometimes takes work home to his apartment on Fifth Avenue or his country home in Westchester County. He smokes and drinks only occasionally, has no hobbies ("I play a little golf but not very well"), and seldom goes out evenings. He has a simple method for keeping his razor-sharp mind honed: "I just like to work...
...Some sharp-eyed observation of the rotten underside of the fight racket; with Robert Ryan and Audrey Totter (TIME, April...
...issued 12 bases on balls in seven innings, some timely Crimson hitting would have saved the game. On the other hand, Godin got himself into several crucial situations where a Holy Cross blow would have cracked the game open. Ralph Hymans pitched the eighth. He was touched for two sharp blows--one a liner to Harry Cavanaugh, the other a grounder which started a double play and got Hymans safely through the inning...