Word: tang
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Tradition shrieks at this slight on beards. By heards, are pondering heads kept in that proper balance and angle for peering at the checkered battlefield. They filter the impulsive tang from fresh air, admitting only the essence of mouldering decay so much a part of chess atmosphere...
...tang from Szechwan chimed in: "We must be strong, not weak. If someone offers us a friendly hand, we should clasp it warmly. But if someone slaps us, we should slap back twice...
Chen and his brother saved the Kuomintang from Communist control; they got an iron grip on the machinery of the party. Opposition to Chiang Kaishek, or to Chen's CC clique, within Kuomintang China, became a dangerous matter. Chinese quipped: "Chiang chia t'ien hsia; Chen chia tang-The country belongs to the Chiangs; the party belongs to the Chens...
...toughest problem. But where 500 men sit dociley in a lecture course and scribble the crumbs that come at them thrice weekly, only a few actually make personal contact with the men on the podium or at the desk and thus give their work that vital additional tang. The institution, "office hours," has often made the difference between the most routine delineation of facts and an entirely new insight into the same material. Harvard faculty members are much more accessible than most undergraduates would believe. By not seeking them out, the fifth guy from the left, aisle K, will remain...
...salty tang and fishy smell of tiny Grande Rivière (pop. 992) on Quebec's rugged Gaspé coast, something new had been added: an air of progress and prosperity. It showed in little things: new rubber boots on the fishermen; gay colored raincoats on their wives & children. Fat bank accounts told more...