Word: thrown
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...have two problems," said President Eisenhower last week at the end of a press conference where major questions dealt with the Berlin crisis. "One, not to allow ourselves to get thrown off balance, to get frightened, to get hysterical about the thing; but on the other hand, don't be so indifferent that we are certain that it's just a cry of wolf...
...question and religious answer. God did not wait to be asked, maintains Barth; he spoke and acted, and the whole twelve long volumes (in progress) of the Barthian system are based solidly on the record of what he said and did-the Bible. To Barth the Biblical message is "thrown like a stone" at man, not accommodated to his existential agonies. Tillich's "Unconditional" term for God, Barth has called "a frigid monstrosity." And U.S. Theologian Nels F.S. Ferré feels that Tillich's vuse of traditional Christian dogma makes him "the most dangerous theological leader alive...
...germanium and glass. They will measure any liquid, including exotic jet fuels, and liquid oxygen in rockets. The aircraft, electronic and missile makers have been a major spur to the growth of ultrasonics. Before the development of ultrasonic cleaners, jet-engine nozzles and oil filters had to be thrown away when dirty. Now imbedded residue can be removed in minutes through the use of sound energy. The sound waves whip the water into millions of microscopic bubbles which burst against the material, ripping dirt away. No transistor core goes to its final assembly package without an ultrasonic bath to remove...
...state, nation and the reformed religion in one person. How else explain the almost mystical response by the London mob to her coronation progress through the streets? Elizabeth, crying "God 'a mercy" to her people from beneath a canopy held by knights, and keeping a sprig of rosemary thrown into her chariot, was a superb performer in the stagecraft of statecraft. She was also, according to Biographer Jenkins, a beautiful woman with golden-brown eyes of great brilliance. "Goddess, excellently bright," one ballad called...
Castro was moved to action by the slump in the tourist trade and the angry demands of 2,000 card dealers, croupiers, cashiers, musicians, barmen, waiters and entertainers, all thrown out of work by the revolution. Senorita Pastora NúÑez, director of National Savings and Housing Institute (formerly the government lottery), called in the casino owners and found them willing to meet her requirement of seven weeks' back pay for all employees. "I highly disapprove of the way you make a living," she lectured, "but we are reconsidering our earlier decision...