Word: thinly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...feelings and sentiments that had settled in their minds in the anxious years since World War II. At the heart of that debate right now is the suggestion that perhaps the U.S. has overextended itself, that it is trying to do too much, that its power is spread too thin across the world. The notion was recently advanced by Columnist Walter Lippmann, who deplored "scatteration" of U.S. resources and suggested that the U.S. concentrate on the "vital" areas of Europe and the Americas, and more or less ignore Asia and Africa. The notion that...
...week before, in his Washington apartment, Barry had listened in angry disbelief as two of his most loyal supporters, Running Mate William Miller and Nebraska's National Committeeman Donald Ross, along with Ray Bliss himself, patiently explained that Burch was not worth fighting for. Miller declared that a thin, five-vote majority was the very best Burch could hope for in the 132-member National Committee. Later Miller spent another two hours urging Barry to accept Bliss. At last Barry agreed, but he insisted that Bliss must make a public statement that he would not consider taking the chairmanship...
...right to push a hypodermic needle into the bag of waters, why not keep going and push it into the fetus' abdomen? At National Women's Hospital in Auckland, he did just that. Through the bore of the heavy-gauge needle, he then inserted a thin plastic tube. And through this he injected red cells, Rh-negative like the mother's, to replace the baby's own Rh-positive cells, which were being destroyed. A fetus can absorb blood cells directly from its abdominal cavity...
...them. Albee puts the burden of feeling on the language. Still, there is more echolalia than eloquence in the speeches. The cast is a marvel; the play could scarcely survive without these players and the taut direction of Alan Schneider. John Gielgud is the paragon of paragons. His thin but resonant voice invariably astounds one by making an orchestra out of a clarinet, and his speech is kingly...
...area can be devoted to selling space v. 75% in newer stores. Its sales, while huge, have barely changed in ten years. The store rings up a quarter of the Macy chain's total business, which last year amounted to $623.5 million. Profits of the chain are thin-$11.7 million after taxes-partly because the costs of operating in New York are high...