Word: soundest
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...soundest government that Italy has ever had. It commands no majority in the Chamber of Deputies and must rely on its former Socialist allies for cooperation. Moreover, Rumor has agreed to disband his government as soon as the Socialists patch up their quarrels and are once more able to participate in a coalition...
...restored village at Hancock, Mass., is currently the most fascinating of all the communities. In Tune, it opened its giant Round Stone Barn. Built in 1825, the barn was widely cited during the 1880s as "machinelike in its efficiency" and "a model for the soundest dairying practices." Settlers on the Great Plains dotted the Western frontier with timber versions of it-most of which have now rotted away. By the time the Hancock village was taken over by the Berkshires' Shaker Community, Inc. in 1960, huge cracks had appeared in the Shaker barn's walls and the interior...
Extra Ear. Of all the grotesque artists at work today, perhaps the ones with the soundest and most logical reasons for being angry at the world are Vienna's five "Fantastic Realists": Rudolf Hausner, Erich Brauer, Ernst Fuchs, Wolfgang Mutter, Anton Lehmden. All underwent the real enough traumas of World War II. By what may or may not be coincidence, their admirably precise diableries are also gentler, more conventional, more philosophical, more ethereal than their American counterparts'. Though all are firmly established in their native Vienna, none had made much of a splash elsewhere until London...
...General Motorization of VW has just advanced significantly. Stockholders of one of Germany's smallest but soundest automakers, NSU Motorenwerke, voted to merge with a Volkswagen subsidiary, Auto Union. They thus formed a combine that could rank on its own as Germany's third largest automaker. NSU, which turns out four basic models, will contribute more than $140 million of the subsidiary's total $400 million in sales this year, and a valuable reputation for innovation as well. It devised the highly efficient Wankel engine, which powers the popular new RO-80 sedan (price...
...drug be used with a certain circumspection," said Dr. Lawrence. "But I wouldn't even try to deny that the Pill has been ? boon to millions of women." For all but the most fanatical opponents or proponents of the Pill, Dr. Lawrence's attitude seems the soundest...