Word: sharpness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Words a Day. Eisenhower wrote Crusade in Europe after four years of prodding from friends in & out of the Army. Once he decided to do it, he made a quick, sharp campaign of it. On Feb. 7 of this year, in his quarters at Fort Myer, Va., he started to dictate at a clip of 5,000 words a day, pacing steadily as he talked. After his shorthand expert had left for the day, he corrected the first draft, began to add to it in longhand, and soon found himself working on until 3 a.m. By March 24-46 days...
...Vauzetti" the authors have not only brought the objective and non-partisan substance of this vitally important chapter of recent history between the covers of one volume; they have also pioneered in the presentation of the effect specific legal action has on culture and therefore on society. The sharp contrast between the sober opinions of lawyers and judges, and the emotional cries of poets, novelists, and playwrights gives the reader a powerful three-dimensional picture of the event. This book is a major contribution to history, sociology...
...Crimson looked conspicuously better in the offensive workout against Ben McCabe's jayvees. The team made consistent gains, and looked especially sharp in its passing game...
...below the coasting buzzard, in the grey-green jungles of northern Nicaragua, more was stirring than his great bird's-eye view could catch. Snaking through the scrub, guerrilla riflemen made short, sharp little raids against government outposts. In & out of the piny mountain country on Nicaragua's northern flank, armed, machete-toting men filtered mysteriously. In Guatemala and Costa Rica dusty little companies, in faded denim and khaki, marked time in the tropic heat...
...volcanoes, there was a bloody struggle over finding its first egg. The man who found it ran to the top of the mountain while the others shouted, "Shave your head, you have the egg." He shaved his head and painted it red while the losers slashed themselves with sharp instruments...