Word: sheerness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...report . . . states nothing new nor original," the Maroon continues. "It lacks the zest, the pioneering spirit so necessary to any revolutionary doctrine. . . At best it simply restates the findings of other universities which for a quarter century have pondered the problems of a general education. . . It's sheer plagiarism from Chicago, Columbia, St. John's, Wisconsin...
...sheer desperation, the Administration plans to go to Congress soon, dump the problem squarely in its lap, request the right to barter surplus goods abroad for new embassy sites, landing rights for civil aviation (which the U.S. has got free by reciprocal agreements) and scholarships in foreign universities for U.S. students...
...long and indignant letter to theUnited Steelworkers, Vice President John Stephens of the U.S. Steel Corp. turned down the union's demand for a $2-a-day increase, claiming that the company was already selling many products below cost, that it was "sheer nonsense" to suggest that the company could absorb a higher wage level without raising prices. Thereupon the Steelworkers' Philip Murray accused the steel industry of "arrogance," called for a strike vote among 640,000 employes of 766 companies...
...comic fantasy, That Night With You tries to disengage itself from the world by the sheer force of its implausibility. After 84 minutes of such escape, most audiences will be content to return to reality, no matter how dull...
...Sheer Ecstasy. The National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers had good news for U.S. women. Within two weeks N.A.H.M. promised delivery of "reasonable" quantities of nylon stockings to the nation's stores. Output of nylons next year, said N.A.H.M., will be 348 million pairs (v. approximately 100 million pairs in 1941), or 5.3 pairs for every woman...