Word: solidness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...foot in back. To increase Patterson's ability to take a punch Florio strengthened his neck with special exercises that expanded his collar size from 16½ to 17. A diet of steak, lamb chops and beef stew boosted Patterson's weight by 8 Ibs. to a solid 190. Any sparring partner who knocked Patterson down with a right hand got a bonus of $100; any who staggered him got $50. No one collected...
Within the pavilions of the cathedral area are kept icons and crosses of solid gold, gold-embroidered vestments, and crowns, diadems and tiaras given to the priests by Ethiopia's rulers as ceremonial offerings for military victories or upon their accession. Hung on the limestone walls and pillars of the church are three striking Madonnas (see color) that are kept covered with canvas, except on feast days, to preserve their brilliant colors...
Four-Letter Bird. In Brooklyn, Sam Maiorana, haled into court on a charge of disorderly conduct for the "vile and abusive language" of his 40-year-old parrot, was released for future trial after the bird, called upon for a demonstration, kept its beak shut for two solid hours...
...communal rooms below-refectory, library, oratory and classrooms -Corbusier's creative fancies take over in a profusion of pyramids, cubes and parallelepipeds, doors in solid primary colors against the white concrete walls. Water pipes (painted bright blue) and electrical conduits are everywhere exposed. The building's insides, says Corbu, are nothing to be ashamed...
...book is best when it describes the waits between action, the stolid troops, the squalor of encampments, the casualness with which a field kitchen is constructed from gravestones, the pulpit of a mosque broken up for firewood, the everlasting search for provisions and the solid enjoyment that comes from the windfall that is a well-cooked meal. Old campaigners will appreciate Gary's admiring definition of an old soldier, later echoed by Bernard Shaw in Arms and the Man: "A man who always has something eatable in his haversack and drinkable in his bottle, a reserve of tobacco...