Word: sterne
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Bell, 75. Anglican Bishop of Chichester from 1929 until his retirement in January, vigorous anti-Nazi who sharply deplored British saturation bombing of German cities, once (1942) interceded unsuccessfully for a group of German conspirators who wanted British Government acquiescence in a plot to kill Hitler, and was a stern advocate of nuclear disarmament; in Canterbury, England...
...White House denied that such changes added up to a staff "reorganization." But with the new faces, and with amiable Jerry Persons replacing stern Sherman Adams, one White House era has surely ended and another begun...
Under this goad of a stern Baptist conscience, Nelson Rockefeller listened attentively to Bible readings with his breakfast. In a ledger he entered, as had his father and grandfather, his 25? weekly allowance, extra income from raising rabbits or catching flies (at 10? a hundred), and the uses he made of the money. Mother Abby Aldrich, less stern of conscience, balanced obligation with games, art and music. When she heard that Columbia University's new progressive Lincoln School mixed students from townhouse and tenement and put a premium on curiosity, she enrolled Nelson and his younger brothers...
...train scraped and groaned to a stop, and out climbed the vanguard of 900 solemn men, women and children, arms laden with bundles, eyes filled with bewilderment and doubt. What they saw gave them no cause for rejoicing: a bleak wilderness surrounded by stern, snowcapped mountains, and in the wilderness a dismal tent city sprawling in the mud under a dour sky. This was the Matanuska Valley, 50 miles northeast of Anchorage, in south-central Alaska. This was the promised land-promised by the wide-eyed Federal Emergency Relief Administration to depression-ridden, red-blooded American families who wanted...
...model was towed out into a full gale and showed no signs of distress, although the tug that towed it had to run for shelter. When making a sharp turn, a Dracone does not swing like a ship; its fabric forms a kink that moves from bow to stern...