Word: tending
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...letter, dated March 11, says the Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer book contains "defamatory statements concerning Mr. David Beck of Seattle, Washington, which tend to expose him to hatred, contempt, and ridicule... Mr. Dave Beck intends to sue the authors and publishers of this book...
...formula is wooden, the acting is not. Both hero and villain tend to be human and at times very funny, while the small part players are much more than dummies. There is enough action and suspense to satisfy anyone, and Technicolor makes the best of the beautiful Columbia River basin. Bend of the River is undoubtedly one of the best Westerns in a long time, and anyone who likes the formula should not miss...
Both ships were World War II T-2-type tankers, whose welded hulls tend to crack in two when subjected to low temperatures and hammering seas. Of 523 T-2s built between 1943 and 1945, eight had split before the Pendleton and Fort Mercer. Seamen could only guess how many more might break in years to come...
...Snell believes that the U.S. has not yet felt the full benefit of heterosis. The peak year of foreign immigration was 1907, but many immigrant groups tend to marry among themselves for a generation or two. The groups are now breaking up, Dr. Snell says, and the U.S. may soon have an outburst of hybrid vigor comparable to Elizabethan times...
Secretary Thomas W. Hoya '53 commented that Sandler's proposal would tend to destroy the class sentiment of the juniors...