Word: sparing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Spare the Rod. Historian Davis has unearthed some strange phrenological lore. There was, for instance, the man who picked horses by studying the shape of their skulls. Horace Greeley suggested that in the interests of safe train travel, brakemen should have the right-shaped head. There was even phrenological housing: Orson Fowler had built a mansion in the shape of an octagon, which started quite a fashion for octagonal houses...
Thornburg's recommendations apparently went to roost in an Ankara pigeonhole, and Diplomat Zorlu turned to the U.S. for $300 million. Zorlu's argument was spare and simple: surely the U.S. would not let a stout ally down in its hour of need. Some Washington officials used the word "blackmail...
...groups on "various aspects of feminine charm and graceful living." "Graceful living" along with "Natural Femininity" are the two criteria by which "Natural Femininity" are the two criteria by which Mrs. Albert directs her school. Her knowledge of both these traits is little short of extensive, for in her spare time she is co-director of Promotions, Inc., a model agency featuring the "Hart Girls," several of which have graduated from the Academic Moderne...
...When spare, grey Herb Prochnow speaks conversationally, his low voice can barely he heard over the humming of the air-conditioning units in the vast First National Bank building. Yet he is one of Chicago's most popular speakers. Besides The Toastmaster's Handbook, he has written The Public Speaker's Treasure Chest, The Speaker's Handbook of Epigrams and Witticisms, The Speaker's Treasury of Stories for All Occasions, and 1001 Ways to Improve Your Conversation and Speeches.* Some Prochnow advice: "Do not overemphasize to the listener or reader that the story...
Blood Alley (Batjac Productions; Warner). Spare the celluloid, according to Director William A. ("Wild Bill") Wellman, and spoil the picture. His last three films (Island in the Sky, The High and the Mighty, Track of the Cat) have run to an average length of two hours. Encouraged by the business they brought in-The High and the Mighty has already grossed more than $7,000,000-Director Wellman has apparently decided that when people go to the movies they want to kill time, no less than to live dangerously. In Blood Alley, he gives them plenty of chance...