Word: rigidities
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...more and more of Adenauer's fellow Christian Democrats feel that his rigid concentration on foreign policy matters is causing him to lose touch with domestic political events. In the twilight of his career, Adenauer is sure that his place in history will be determined not by domestic political events but by his role in building a new Europe and a new Germany. He is obsessed by the fear that the fruits of his diplomacy-notably, a united French-German front against Communism-will be spoiled by his successors...
...Irving S. Cooper showed to the American Medical Association last week were heartrending even to medical men familiar with the ravages of disease. There were pictures of adult victims of Parkinson's disease, or "shaking palsy"-men who could not stay the agitated tremor of their rigid, half-clenched hands, or could not walk except in jerky petits pas. There were children suffering from nerve disorders similar to Parkinsonism. During an attack, a pretty girl of eleven was doubled up, her whole body distorted and shaking. A boy the same age was bent backwards; eventually, said Dr. Cooper...
Today, 20% of the office space in Salisbury is vacant, and only by imposing rigid exchange controls has the federation government managed to avert a crippling flight of capital. On the London Stock Exchange, shares in Rhodesian Selection Trust, one of the titans of the Copper Belt, have dropped from 37 shillings to 25-despite the fact that they pay an 18% annual dividend...
...Union Bag is marketing honeycombs of paper impregnated with resin that form a rigid core for a new type of prefabri cated house wall...
...force and mass, which are generally dismissed in a one-sentence definition in the texts. But there is an equally definite place for the thorough textbook and the small section meeting to clarify confusing points in it. The teaching of the sciences would probably be improved if the rigid lecture system were modified to put more emphasis on the section meeting...