Word: shudderfully
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...instant, the plane was virtually stationary. We could feel it shudder as the engines clawed at the wall of rain and wind. Then it began to skid sidewise...
Membership. Church membership figures have always been computed in a way that would make a certified public accountant shudder: different denominations keep their records in different ways, and few churches agree on just who should be counted a church member. Listing only those 13 years or older, the overall muni ber of church members (Protestant, Catholic and Jewish) dropped in the decade between 1930 and 1940 from 534 per 1,000 of population...
Your article on Fertile Valley and the ''Spartan Wives" [TIME, April 14] really made me shudder at the intellectual laziness of American women. Is it possible they really find mental stimulation in the type of adult education outlined in your article, or are they seeking merely mental soporifics and time-killers? Might I suggest they add "Flower Arrangements" and "How to Collect Antiques" to their program...
...most industry-wide bargaining. It would deny any bargaining rights to unions having Communist officers. It would give injunctive powers to the Government in disputes involving "the public health, safety or interest." It would abolish the National Labor Relations Board. Even to think about it made labor leaders shudder. On the floor, House Republicans had the votes to pass the bill in a breeze...
Hughes summed it all up: "Everywhere, racing tongues and typewriters, trying to articulate racing hopes and fears, greeted the dramatic appearance of the U.S. in the center of the world arena with some hysteria, much hyperbole, great hope- and a perceptible shudder...