Word: tallness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...takes courage to tall a research man that "science is not infinite. . . it is finite." There are not many scholars willing to forecast that all physical and chemical theory will be polished off "let us say about the year 2000." And experimental sociologists are likely to gulp when they hear that we will have built a final framework for biology psychology, and sociology and possibly "a stable society" 500 to 1000 years from...
...Captain Ed Smith at center, the Yardling quintet has already piled up a total of 13 wins and two losses. Smith, 6 ft., 4 in, tall, has been the consistent high scorer of the season...
...President Ben Fairless denied that prices had been jacked up in anticipation of Murray's demands. The price change, he said, was merely an "adjustment of a particular situation of limited scope"; some of the products, he added, were "being sold at a loss." Republic Steel's tall, greying President Charles M. White said it was "compensation for past wage increases...
...name was infinitely more imposing than his appearance. Fifty-six-year-old General Kaiser is a bare 5 ft. 2 in. tall. Nevertheless, he is a big man - a leader of fierce Nepalese troops in both World Wars, a noted archeologist honored by the French for digging around in Gautama Buddha's birthplace near Nepal's border. Between wars he was Nepal's Foreign Minister, mayor of Kathmandu and director general of archeology...
Living Dangerously. In Monmouth, Ill., Constable Jess L. Berner went to the hospital with ax wounds after he tried to serve an eviction notice on 80-year-old, 4-ft. tall Mrs. Elizabeth Jean Snedeker...