Word: strains
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...angrily charged that Abe Feller's suicide had been brought on by the extra strain of defending Americans at U.N. against "indiscriminate smears and exaggerated charges." Senators McCarran, Willis Smith of North Carolina and James Eastland of Mississippi just as angrily called Lie's accusation "irresponsible," and promised to continue the inquiry...
...John F. Floberg explained how aeronautical engineers have dug into the back drawer files and dusted off some old ideas, to start a new trend in naval aircraft. Today's high speeds, said the Secretary, mean that planes must be stronger than ever to stand the strain. The size and weight of a seaplane hull is hardly more of a drawback than the bulky landing gear of a big bomber. Jet engines have cut down the need to raise old-fashioned seaplane propellers high out of the spray. And the hydro-ski, a beefed-up version of the sportsman...
...devotion to the game, however, is of comparatively recent standing. Though he first played serious golf in the Philippines in the '30s, he abandoned it shortly before World War II to favor a bad arm, and did not take it up again until late 1946. Nervous or physical strain usually sends a golfer's score zooming, but Ike's game stood up well during the early weeks of his campaign when he was still able to get in an occasional round. (His best scores: an 84 at Denver's Cherry Hills Club...
...noxious swamps around Lake Chad, in North Central Africa. He lived for four years within scent of elephants -"I became an elephant myself." In Komoonl (Berberi dialect for elephant) he tells what it was like. Author Oberjohann is no scientist; some of his conclusions about the big animals will strain the faith of stay-at-homes. But he has written one of the most absorbing adventure stories in many a week...
...said his aide committed suicide because of the "long and serious strain" of defending U.N. employees "against indiscriminate smears and exaggerated charges...