Word: solids
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...stand a good chance in the keenly competitive, nation-wide examinations... They should not entertain fanciful illusions about a life generally characterized by gaiety, excitement, and intrigue. These elements may develop in the life of a Foreign Service officer, but they are only occasional highlights in a career of solid, useful work for the public welfare...
...passage of the law by every parliamentary tactic they could think of. One hundred and twenty Communists made individual speeches. They proposed 250 amendments, each of which had to be voted down by the non-Communist majority. This wrangling went on all night and far into Sunday-for 36 solid hours...
...Assembly passed the first part of Schuman's bill (calling up 80,000 troops) by a vote of 408 to 184, which meant solid non-Communist support. Meanwhile the back-to-work movement was gaining strength. The number of strikers dropped from...
...Falstaff, perhaps to the detriment of the remainder. Two of the plotters' scenes were almost cast to the winds by rushing and sloppiness, and the historical sections in general did not hang together perfectly. What makes the production worth anyone's trip to Sanders is its entertainment, its solid and complex appeal as done by the H.T.W...
...unfailing puzzle to the working members of the press ... why so many otherwise solid ... dental appliance mechanics, casket designers ... and scooter salesmen should feel a compulsion to aver 'You know, I used to be a newspaper man myself once.' Usually, it turns out that the man covered hockey for the Harvard Crimson, and is now earning his ulcers as a radio account executive...