Word: understood
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...bachelor of laws and a doctor of economics. Dag was a brilliant scholar; he had little time for social life. In his 205, he wrote a paper called Konjunktur-spridningen (The Spread of the Business Cycle). It was couched in language so abstruse that few of his colleagues understood it, but Dag prefaced it with a quote from Alice in Wonderland: " 'That's nothing to what I could say if I chose,' the Duchess replied in a pleased tone...
Peculiar Pattern. Tornado clouds are unpleasant subjects to study at close range, and so they are not completely understood. But practical information about them has accumulated. In 1948. Meteorologists Ernest J. Fawbush and Robert C. Miller were on duty at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma, when a tornado swept across it. After the disaster they went over their data on conditions before the storm and found a "peculiar pattern." Five days later they came to their office, took a look at the day's charts and saw the same weather pattern. They did not dare use the dread...
...gets so hot there, said Godfrey, that folks would just curl up and die if they didn't have air conditioning. Its civic pride bruised, Montgomery's daily Advertiser promptly cracked back: "Before we comment on Arthur Godfrey's wicked attack . . . we want it clearly understood that we don't listen to the bum." Regretted the Advertiser: if only Godfrey had visited the city when the mercury topped 100°, Montgomerians could be "doubly sure that he won't be back." Quick to take umbrage at this affront was Alabama's mountainous...
...harassed official. Said a bystander in surprise: "Why, monsieur, do you not know Beelee Graham, the American clairvoyant?" Thanks to a wave of advance publicity and hundreds of portrait posters pasted throughout Paris and the provinces, most Frenchmen thought they knew who Billy was. The fact that few precisely understood his religious role or the meaning of his evangelistic crusade did not prevent them from according him a hysterical, slightly disoriented acclaim that surprised no ons more than the handsome evangelist...
...more sincerity in the eyes of those who came forward tonight than I have ever seen before." Leaky Roof. Most French newspapers praised Billy's sincerity but were unwilling to take him seriously. France-Soir termed him "Heaven's publicity man," roguishly claimed that the audience had "understood neither his sermon in English nor the translation . . . The messenger of Christ . . . has given himself five days to convert Paris. He has four left to fix his microphones." Paris Presse said Billy was "as well organized as a businessman, as diplomatic as a Jesuit and apparently as pacific...