Word: spaces
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Russia's move. If she changes her viewpoint, recognizes other nations' rights to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness as well as Religious Freedom . . . her opponent might delay the checkmate (moving of white bishop one space forward, diagonally), or at least give Russia another chance (new game...
...first prize went to thin-faced Zoltan Sepeshy, who at 49 is one of the world's best tempera technicians. His realistic landscapes, figure paintings and still lifes incline to be dull in color, but they have space, weight and solidity. And Sepeshy can reproduce the texture of almost anything in nature-from the barnacles on a beached boat to the faint down on a woman's neck. Says he: "I love the fine, eye-burning work involved. . . A friend tells me that my work is immaculate in everything but conception...
...Back in 1938 Yale had a blocking back named Caldwell who used to space his position in the backfield differently on each type of play. He helped Harvard and a good many other teams...
Other ideas submitted to the Committee include a new Medical Center; a hockey rink: a Music Center, with space for symphony concerts; a building enshrining international good-will, such as a dome-shaped Forum earmaked for the discussion of foreign policy issues; better ROTC facilities; and a fund for the improvement of municipal politics in the United States...
...amateur satirist knows, the hordes of captains, majors, commanders and other brasshats stationed in wartime Washington had other and even more crushing duties than just winning the war. Reams of mimeographed balderdash had to be stamped IMMEDIATE ACTION and provided with desk space on which to gather dust. Rival service arms had to be watched for symptoms of credit-grabbing. Above all, callers with something to offer that might help win the war had to be given The Treatment: identified, badged and tirelessly "channeled" from building to building and service to service till they wound up in despair back...