Word: solidity
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Vishinsky was on fairly solid ground when he said that the proposals violated the letter and spirit of the Charter drawn at San Francisco. But the Charter could not be amended unless the Russians agreed. The non-Communist nations faced the choice between evading the Charter's veto provisions or junking U.N. as a peacekeeping instrument...
Fortunately for Blaik, if not for Army's opponents, he had a solid base around which he could build the scoring unit's forward wall. The lone returning offensive lineman was Captain Dan Foldberg, a 185-pound end whom Blaik rates the best he has ever coached...
...alumni and faculty members number 3,000. They are good, solid members of the Society. They are the segment that wants refrigerators...
...prodigious researcher, Lea had dipped into Mexico to learn about the Spanish origins of U.S. cattle. He came back with some dramatic bullfight sketches and material for a fine first novel, The Brave Bulls (TIME, April 25, 1949). Later, he visited Southwestern ranches and Midwestern stock farms, spent a solid week on the killing floor at Swift & Co.'s Chicago stockyards. The resulting pictures struck Texans as not only good but mighty authentic. Looking at a Lea branding scene last week, one grizzled cattleman remarked: "You can smell the smoke from the burned hair...
When Ohio Realtor John W. Galbreath offered to buy six buildings in Cleveland's downtown Terminal Tower Group for $7,800,000 last spring, Railroader Robert R. Young, who owned the majority of the stock, thought the deal was solid. But when the time came to pass the cash, Galbreath wanted to change the sale conditions. Twice Bob Young granted extensions; twice Galbreath asked for new terms, and the contract grew to 100 pages...