Word: undertow
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sands near Race Point. The bodies came more slowly, rolling inertly in the surf. Explained a coast watcher: "The bodies do not float as woodwork does, but the tide and waves push and roll them along the bottom until they reach shallow water, when they get into the undertow and are tossed up on the beach." The watches found on the dead had stopped at a quarter past nine...
...shaken by another surge of frantic economizing. Editor Michael Straight, whose family has footed the New Republic's steady deficit since 1914, had given up the dream of a slick-paper product with lavish displays of half-tones, big names and special art work. Gone, in the undertow of the economy wave, was a flock of staffers. The staff was still bigger than in pre-Wallace days, but the survivors had that worried "who's next" look. The trouble was that the magazine had been staffed and geared up for a 330,000 sale with advertising income...
Point of View. In Harwich, Mass., a real-estate agent showed a prospect some seaside property, was asked whether the water had much undertow, quickly answered: "Yes, indeed. The finest on Cape...
...York Philharmonic (Sun. 3 p.m., CBS). Brahms's Symphony No. 2 in D Major; William Schuman's orchestral suite from Undertow; Artur Rodzinski, conducting...
...critical plebiscite, the tide of popular balloting in Europe ran heavily against Russian domination last week. In an important election, it was a powerful undertow. In Greece, voters balloted nominally for or against return of the monarchy in the person of King George II, long an exile in Britain. Actually, they were voting for or against the spread of Communism in Greece, against the threat of Russian domination in the guise of Yugoslav, Albanian and Bulgarian menace in the north...