Word: slenderness
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...such fast maneuvering, slender, affable Ferd Owen, 58, has become the biggest mule and horse trader in the U.S. His natty suits, hickory cane, and diamond stickpin (shaped like a mule's head) belie his origin as the fifth of nine sons of a poor Missouri farmer. Ferd went to school for only six months. At 15, he went into business for himself as a "road trader," driving all over the Midwest in a covered wagon and swapping animals with farmers along the road. That sharpened his trader's eye; now he can tell an animal...
...slender, decorous man with old-world manners, Dr. Morrison wears gold-rimmed glasses that do not quite hide the fire in his eyes. Even in his youth, he never lacked for words. Like his father, he became a minister of the Disciples of Christ, a denomination originally formed by Presbyterians who wanted less sectarianism and more church unity. Once in his preaching career Dr. Morrison, in the pulpit of a church he was visiting, discovered a clock with a warning sign: "Preach not over 30 minutes." Dr. Morrison preached right on past the deadline...
...members, found itself in a precarious spot. The labor bill now pending in Congress denies foremen the protection of the Wagner Act (in effect repealing the Supreme Court decision of March 10 which put them under it). The only other club against management-a strike-had proved a slender reed. Furthermore, the union's greatest source of power, prestige and funds had been its big contract...
...heard the Negro say, 'Lord, you done killed me.' " Finally, said Charlie Covington, he heard Roosevelt Carlos Hurd Sr., a Blue Bird cab driver, cry out: "Give me the gun and let's get this over with." Just then, "a tall, slender boy with bushy hair hit the Negro in the mouth and knocked him down. The Negro started to get up when Mr. Hurd took the shotgun. He shot the Negro in the head. He unloaded the gun and called for more shells. . . . Mr. Hurd shot the Negro two more time's." The tissue...
...thin run proved to be the slender margin of victory in two close-fought intramural league baseball games yesterday, as the Dudley Commuters defeated Dunster House by a 7 to 6 margin, and Kirkland slid by Adams House...