Word: tautly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...aerially 250 sq. mi. surrounding the peak. Another day a great white snow plume whirled menacingly about Everest's cone. The flyers were waiting for a wind velocity not to exceed 40 m.p.h. They fell impatiently to tinkering with their ships and equipment, already at taut perfection. They had been at Purnea nine days, but precious time was slipping away. Soon the southwest monsoon would set in, drenching and beclouding earth and sky for months...
...into the Indianapolis City Hospital at 5:15 p. m., Oct. 26, 1928. She had taken 100 one-thirtieth grain (0.002 gm.) strychnine sulphate tablets at 1 p. m. after a heavy meal. . . . She immediately had a severe generalized convulsion with opisthotonos [body arched], trismus [lockjaw], risus sardonicus [a taut, toothy grin], complete extension of the extremities, and cyanosis [purpling of the skin and mucous membrane]. . . . She was given 81 grains (0.55 gm.) of sodium amytal intravenously. The convulsion stopped and the patient relaxed completely and went to sleep. . . . On the third day she was normal and was released from...
Canceling his special train home, President-elect Roosevelt lingered at the hospital. He went in softly to see Mayor Cermak after the nurses got him comfortable in bed. His face taut with pain, the Mayor looked up at the President-elect and murmured: "I'm mighty glad it was me instead of you. I wish you'd be careful. The country needs...
Swiftly putting aside domestic politics and launching into his main theme, the President took a long look at the world at large. His voice taut and dry with earnestness, he declared...
Hodo is "The Way of the Perfect Emperor" and War Minister Araki would put sword to his taut, flat stomach rather than doubt for a single instant the utter perfection of the "Son of Heaven," bespectacled Emperor Hirohito. Ergo the deeds of the Japanese Army, done exclusively in His Majesty's divine name, must be just, right and essentially merciful deeds...