Word: tricked
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Cantabrigian, who advertised for an "attractive young lady for Norwegian tour. Must be willing to carry own rucksack 20 miles a day." But both kinds cost money, and for purposes of wheedling cash and supplies an impressively academic purpose is a requirement. Said one expedition veteran: "The trick is to decide which place in the world you most want to visit, then find some compelling scientific or historical reason for going there...
...fast fortnight, diplomats had pulled the fuse out of the Cyprus time bomb. They were rightfully hailed for their good will and their statesmanship. But it finally took old-fashioned steamroller tactics to turn the trick. The steamroller ran right across both the British and bearded Archbishop Makarios, the temperamental star of the Cyprus drama...
From then on, because Studebaker is a small company, Churchill often worked in the same room with his development team, consisting of five designers and 16 engineers. The trick was to do the job on a shoestring. The team found a way to revamp the dies from last year's models, use them to stamp the new car's sheet metal; all parts were bolted together instead of expensively welded; front and rear bumpers were made identical; the front sheet metal assembly was reduced to six pieces. In seven months the Lark was ready. Total development cost: less...
...shyly on the tennis courts of Tokyo, a love match after all? Cruelly thwacking the charming legend, a spokesman for the imperial household told the astounded Diet that nothing so silly as affection had a part in the troth-pledging; plain, old-fashioned parental bride-picking had done the trick. "The engagement of the Crown Prince was not the result of unthinking love," said the spokesman, adding obscurely, "I have observed the Prince and was compelled to admire his mature and deliberate way of thinking, regarding his marriage...
...unique rounded stem. In the closemouthed tradition of naval architects, Tripp will say only that his design "follows my ideas in relation to resistance and lateral plane, ideas which are somewhat different from some my competitors hold." Lawyer Lorenzen is a little more specific. "It's quite a trick to get a boat with tremendous stability and not too much underbody," he says. "Bill draws his lines very tight. His lines at the forward section are very fine. This helps particularly in going windward...