Word: windedly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Song. That evening, to wind up the anniversary program, the aristocracy of the Communist world flocked to the Grand Palace of the Kremlin, where once the Czars and their nobles made merry. Jauntily, Nikita Khrushchev moved among his hard-drinking guests, smiling and shaking hands like a ward boss. Once, captured by an excited female comrade, he let himself be whirled through a few dance steps to the accompaniment of shouts of "Molodets!" (bravo). Later, somewhere in the background, half-drowned out by laughter and the clatter of dinner plates, an orchestra burst into the strains of an old song...
Wyeth was a wildly uneven painter, swayed and disheveled by every wind that blew. His work shows every influence he met, from the meticulous refinement of his teacher Howard Pyle to the dashing violence of Frederic Remington, from turn-of-the-century impressionism to strict realism of the sort practiced by his son. His "easel pictures"-landscapes and figure pieces done for pleasure between illustrating assignments-were his worst. As some men can dance well only to brilliant music, Wyeth painted at his best only when inspired by a timeless tale...
...wind up its three-month investigation of steel-pricing policies, the Senate Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommittee last week put on the stand former Treasury Secretary George M. Humphrey, now chairman of National Steel Corp., the country's sixth largest steelmaker. Subcommittee Chairman Estes Kefauver had a thorny question waiting: Since National Steel is operating at 80% capacity v. 98% early in the year, could it not melt customer resistance, push up the operating rates and still maintain profits by cutting prices? Answered Humphrey: "That is what you think. I do not think...
Harvard's first quarter spurt of enthusiasm dwindled to a tired trickle as the final quarter got under way, with both teams scoreless. Forward line plays broke as Brown's fullbacks and halfbacks kicked long, looping passes with the wind to their now hungry line...
Playing with a strong wind behind it in the first half, the Crimson several times came close to scoring, but when the teams changed ends, it was the Tigers who finally broke through to score near the posts. The try and their successful conversion was worth the five points...