Word: taut
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...their concert grands, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 pounds on an iron frame. Theodore E. Steinway gives constant proof that out of great tension may come rich harmony." Edward R. Murrow.......LL.D...
...trucks out all over the country to collect materials. When work was slowed on one job because of a materials shortage, employees were instantly transferred to another job. And to keep supervisors on their toes, the project manager issued a daily list of general instructions and production questions "in taut, straightforward language." Sample: "Mallory- what happened to the radial...
...inside Lamont will confirm that. Walk up to the door--no, no one will push the door into you, it's all glass, and you can see for miles in every direction. Why, there's one little girl who sits right by the door behind a counter, aiming her taut cashmere sweater...
Next day the first of some 400 P.W.s sloughed through Panmunjom's red, viscous mud to the explanation tents, chanting "Death to Communism!" The first P.W. balked at his tent, fear taut in every line of his body, and cried: "No! No! I will not go!" He struggled with three Indian guards, and all four burst into the tent. "Please sit down," said the North Korean explainer. The P.W. swore at the explainer in hoarse, rasping Korean: "You are a pig and a dog and a descendant of pigs and dogs." He kicked at the explainer's table...
...general is a heavy, gigantic man. His eyes lie deep in his massive face. His nature is jovial. He appears phlegmatic. But I suspect that the joviality can fall like a mask, and the somewhat flabby features grow taut. His lips are thin. I will not be surprised if I hear him make hard decisions." So wrote a German Communist of "General Gomez," commander of the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War, and a professional soldier in the cause of Communism...