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Japan no doubt could use a more experienced economic administrator than Douglas MacArthur is. But such a gain might be offset by the loss of a leader who has shown that he can be a real inspiration for the muddled Japanese people...
There are 125,000 entries in the new dictionary, hundreds of them brand-new words. Many are technical words, a record of what has been going on in science and industry. Makers of plastics also make words and expressions for everyday use, and polyvinyl. Since the 1936 edition, the physicists too have been busy producing words and expressions for everyday use, e.g., atomic pile, chain reaction, Einstein equation and fissionable...
...Merriam-Webster editors started collecting words in common use right after their last edition came out. Whenever they spotted or heard a new one, they immediately filled out a "citation slip" on it. Words that didn't get enough slips (e.g., car park) were put back in the file again, perhaps for next time...
Glisson eased back, snuggled the rail and waited for an opening. In the stretch, Old Rockport finally moved out from the rail. But either the horse failed to respond with a 4-5 effort, or Glisson was too smart to use his colt up with the $100,000 Derby only nine days...
...Prerogative. Doughty Sir Thomas himself had no intention of disappointing anyone. Boomed he: "I intend to make a bigger noise than ever ... I believe in the free use of an unbridled tongue. I am glad I have one." Earlier in the week, he had proved it still wagged without rein. Looking like a ferocious teddy-bear, he interrupted a Mozart concert to glower at his Glyndebourne audience, tell them to stop stomping out the beat. Said he: "I feel this is a prerogative which in this instance must be left to me." A few days later, he showed the Liverpool...