Word: sized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...most part not angry, chained men but hardheaded realists, some of whom, now that their countries are becoming independent, can no longer live simply by indicting imperialism. They were getting an opportunity for the first time to meet other black nationalists from all over the continent, to size them up, to swap ideas, to get a psychological boost from the feeling that others were with them. For all the fiery phrases about "solidarity and fraternity" and for all the placards reading, "Forward to Independence Now!" this was no gathering of obedient line followers. They accepted as conference chairman Kenya...
Doherty Roadhouse tailored its service to the varying requirements of its potential customers. A kilogram (32 troy oz.) bar of Canadian gold approximately the size and shape of a 10? chocolate bar sold for $1,126 (at the Toronto price of $35.20 an ounce). For the Rolls-Royce trade, the large-size bar (400 oz.) cost...
Strong as a Bull. Because good oboe players are scarce and because the instrument is extremely difficult to play, first oboists are often the most highly paid men in the orchestra, sometimes even better paid than the concertmaster. Most oboists make their own reeds, the shape and size of which largely determine the instrument's tone. Harold Gomberg, who has made trips to Europe in search of cane of the proper hardness, grain and color, maintains a studio where he spends dozens of hours a week whittling reeds to size (he uses as many as three reeds...
...Spin. Since Pioneer III never approached the moon, not all its instruments came into play. The most novel one was an optical gadget designed to send a radio signal when it saw a bright object the size of the moon at a distance of 22,000 miles. The instrument was shielded from the sun, and it would have been activated by a timing device only after the receding earth looked smaller than the approaching moon...
Humphrey himself told reporters he passed on to Eisenhower a confidential message from the Soviet Premier dealing with Russian nuclear explositions of a very substantial size...