Word: swingeing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...police, to seeing politically controversial books being sold under the counter, to seeing anti-Semitic slogans (A bas les juifs!) scrawled on walls. To live in France today is, in some neighborhoods, to take the rafle (police dragnet) for granted, to pass quickly by when the black wagons swing into the curb and the burly cops close in on a cafeé and tap each customer for his papers. It is to read, in the influential Le Monde, Editor Beuve-Meéry's melancholy series Simple Thoughts for Has-Beens "enclosed by a past which can no longer...
...Bunshaft soon chose Stuart Davis, 63 (TIME, March 15, 1954). Explains Heinz's Heinz: "After all, it doesn't take long to think of Stuart Davis. He's the dean." Painter Davis created his own design, evolved an ingenious rig that allowed him to swing the huge canvas over a wooden roller like a rug hung up on a clothesline. He worked six months from his first sketch to the completed work, produced the largest single canvas he has ever done...
...near retirement age. In a market survey, they found that 68% of older Americans were willing to retire in Florida and that their incomes averaged $160 a month. The Mackles felt they could put up a house priced for such a small income, but they lacked the bankroll to swing a nationwide promotion. To get it, they teamed with Canadian Financier Louis Chesler, 45, who had rolled up a fortune by underwriting mining promotions. Chesler has poured in about $5,640,000 to date, is General Development's chairman, with Frank Mackle as president...
Pale from fatigue and the lingering effects of flu, President Frondizi began ticking off his answers to the nation's pressing problems. The address, his first clear statement of position since the Feb. 23 election, added up to a moderate, vigorous program-a heartening swing away from the nationalist, leftist line that he used to gain key votes from the supporters of ousted Dictator Juan...
...Secret. The ease with which Stan does his slugging makes him the envy of every batter in the league. No "guess hitter" who tries to anticipate a pitcher's plans and prepare his swing in advance, Stan boasts a set of split-second reflexes that allow him to wait until a ball is halfway to the plate before he commits himself. Though reflexes and muscles are both 37 years old, they are still good enough to enable Stan to belt baseballs at the remarkable early-season clip of .509-good enough to lead both leagues. He has already broken...