Word: trickyness
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In 1951 the Christian Democrats wrested such big cities as Turin, Venice, Genoa, Pisa and Florence from the Communists with the help of a tricky electoral law-since repealed-which awarded two-thirds of the seats in a city government to the party polling the most votes. This time, proportional...
Because its plot is almost non-existent, The Devil's Disciple is a tricky play to tackle: unless all the funny lines about George III, the British army, heroism and relatives are held together by the actors, Shaw's own attitude will be lost. What the play needs and what...
Balloon Tanks. The vehicle, Rosen told the National Capital Astronomers, will be a three-stage rocket 72 ft. long and 45 in. in maximum diameter. It will have no fins, but will depend for steering on its movable rocket motor and an array of small gas-jets. The tanks holding...
Final Spurt. When the vehicle reaches 300 miles up, it will be at orbital level, above nearly all the atmosphere and pointing in the right direction. But its speed will be only half the speed required (17,000 m.p.h.) to make the satellite stick safely to its orbit. Reaching orbital...
Bolstering the staff, Luis Arroyo with his tricky greaseball could straighten out to be one of the toughest hurlers in the Senior circuit. And, too, in the St. Louis training camp last month at St. Petersburg, the watchword was "watch Vinegar Bend Mizell." The phrase referred to southpaw Wilmer Mizell...