Word: wordings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...very word "commencement" is supposed to symbolize the emergence of youth from its educational incubator into the great and stimulating battle of life, and as such it is generally regarded as a joyous occasion. Every June countless orators use graduation ceremonies to acclaim endlessly the ever widening vistas of creative opportunity that stretch before their young audiences. In short, commencement time is ruthlessly exploited to revive and expand the American dream...
...Tight Spot. McCloy has learned to gauge how far people can be pushed, to hold out in good humor but dogged firmness through protracted debate. He has a flair for the right word in a tight spot. On Kwajalein after V-J day, an audience of G.I.'s greeted him with the chant, "When do we go home?" McCloy feigned deafness, cupped an ear, cried, "What's that? I can't hear you." It drew a laugh and eased the tension. In Nicaragua, while International Bank president, he was taken to a ballgame by Dictator Anastasio Somoza...
Though the weather holds most ozoners down to a 30-week season, except in such places as California and Florida, some install portable electric heaters in each car. This season an engineer has stepped forward with the last word-an air-conditioning scheme that will keep the cars not only cozy against wintry blasts but cool and dry in the August heat...
...returning to New York and Zoe. On their way to meet his neighbors, the Cullens, for dinner at the Grillparzer, they stopped at Richard's office to open That Man's manuscript-only to find that it contained a stack of blank paper with a seven-word title. Zoe was worried when Richard murmured, "So all my life is blank pages," but they went...
...returns objected to the word "Communists" as too vague to be meaningful...