Word: straightening
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...PRESIDENT, that Dixon-Yates contract already has caused your administration a lot of trouble and embarrassment. But you ain't seen nothin' yet unless you step in and straighten out the mess. You've got coming up a rambunctious Democratic Congress, and those guys are preparing to paw over that contract from hell to breakfast, make every political advantage of it and torment your next two years in the White House. Although many of the things [the Democrats] said about Dixon-Yates were untrue, enough was true to give the deal an unpleasant odor the public does...
With about a mile to go in the race, Terry, approaching Cometery Hill, got confused at a cross-roads, and before he could straighten himself out, he was passed by George King of New York University. But Terry, who was the only B.U. runner competing, caught King with about a half mile to go. Terry's time was 24:36.4, and King was clocked...
Unfortunately, the efficient examinations are not enough to overcome the physical disadvantages of the Hygiene Building. The University acquired the structure in 1931 from the old Spee Club which had partially burned. But new paint could not enlarge the rooms or straighten the twisting stairs...
...Ellison went to Harvard's Computation Laboratory to find whether the Mark IV could straighten out St. Luke. The mathematicians who serve the great computer decided that the Biblical problem was "realistic" and told Mr. Ellison how; to translate parts of the Gospel into mathematical language that the Mark IV would understand...
...catch him first is Nalinle (Jean Peters), whose object is squawhood. Together they build a little mountain hideout and plant some corn. When Army scouts find them, Massai, Nalinle and their brand-new papoose prove too homey a family to break up, so Massai goes free. How the scouts straighten out this arbitrary law enforcement with headquarters will have to wait for the sequel, to be titled, no doubt, Son of Apache...