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[001] the first half of the third verse: @ @ #OUT OF THE _____ # _TO THE EDITOR OF THE INQUIRER:_ To our everla
[002] lasting shame, we led the world in this nuclear arms _____ sixteen years ago when we dropped the first bombs on
[003] ma and Nagasaki. Having led the world in this mad _____ I pray that we may have the wisdom and courage to le
[004] ay have the wisdom and courage to lead it out of the _____ . Are we to be the master of the atom, or will the
[005] stands guilty of a monstrous crime against the human _____ . But the guilt is shared by the United States, Brita
[006] zation in her classic robe watching the nuclear arms _____ , her hair standing straight out. But there is a
[007] length about many related matters: the importance of _____ , religion, local tradition, bosses, organizations, z
[008] gro bands and singers; rhythm-and-blues mood music; " _____ " music, folk songs and melodies, and gospel programs
[009] ociated with radio which is any way degrading to his _____ ; he tends to shy away from the hooting and hollering
[010] e some small solace in the prospect that the missile _____ between nations is at the same time accelerating the
[011] eman who died driving in the Mille Miglia automobile _____ of 1957. If this was in fact Mr. Remarque's intentio
[012] tes" resembles Portago only in that he is male and a _____ -driver- quite a bad
[013] -driver- quite a bad _____ -driver, whereas Portago was a good one. He is a dull
[014] urse, while existent, are actuarially insignificant. _____ -drivers, on the other hand, are quite often killed o
[015] to me, and, in any case, to present a case-hardened _____ -driver as saying he has left his car, which, or whom
[016] che inevitably cited whenever laymen talk about auto _____ -drivers. In point of fact, the
[017] -drivers. In point of fact, the _____ -drivers one knows are nearly always intelligent, hea
[018] this sort of novel is to the hackneyed treatment of _____ -drivers, pilots, submariners, atomic researchers, an
[019] se of death, both to herself and to the entire human _____ ; so also did Mary, having a man betrothed [to her],
[020] se of salvation, both to herself and the whole human _____ ". Because he interprets the primitive state of man a
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[001] me doubts; for he kept on threatening that he would " _____ the ears" of those responsible for agricultural prod
[002] -sized German city, the picture has color, pictorial _____ and genuinely moving moments. Told strictly from the
[003] brew and of archaeology, for it seemed to me that to _____ out some of the props of our faith was to weaken the
[004] t and he has long favored the now-famous Weider Push- _____ Super-Set technique in which one exercise of the Sup
[005] on" bench and proceeded to teach him his first Push- _____ Super-Set consisting of the wide-grip Straight-Arm
[006] sisting of the wide-grip Straight-Arm Pullover (the " _____ " part of the Push-
[007] " part of the Push- _____ Super-Set) which dramatically widens the ribcage and
[008] nd frontal deltoids. As you can see, in this Push- _____ Super Set the entire chest-back-shoulder area is vig
[009] ! Now when Henri has completed four complete Push- _____ Super-Sets No. 1, the professor allows him about a
[010] est period before starting him on four complete Push- _____ Super-Sets No. 2. Super-Set No. 2 is made up of s
[011] " and flat benches. The "push" exercise of this Push- _____ Super-Set is the Bench Press done with elbows well
[012] classically sculptured outline to the pecs. The " _____ " exercise in this Super-Set is the one-dumbbell Bent
[013] dumbbell variation affords). In the third Push- _____ Super-Set the "push" exercise is the widegrip Pushup
[014] cise is the widegrip Pushup Between Bars, while the " _____ " exercise is the Moon Bench Lateral Raise with bent
[015] f the great champions. So with four complete Push- _____ Super-Sets No. 1, four of No. 2, four of No. 3 and f
[016] n of a fine imported double shotgun, and its trigger _____ is light and sharp. The 240-grain bullet leaves the
[017] pper, plates, forks, knives and a can opener. As you _____ out of your motel or national park home-for-the-nigh
[018] ure zooms this summer. Don't let your mechanics _____ the thermostats out of those fueloil delivery trucks
[019] and one for robbery. But by now O'Banion's political _____ was beginning to be effective. On the occasion of hi
[020] trooper. Second, if there is ever a perfect time to _____ the rug out from under him, it's on maneuvers. In co
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[001] he would have been greatly encouraged in pursuing a _____ and, in many ways, thankless task. According to
[002] er to succeed. Tibet is too vast, the terrain is too _____ . Tibet may bleed China as Algeria is bleeding France
[003] ective countries. Perhaps Khrushchev is in a more _____ position than any since 1957, when the "anti-party g
[004] ; he may break with China (which would be infernally _____ and perhaps disastrous), or he may succeed, by all
[005] uences involved in an Atlantic Union of this kind is _____ to understand. The pressure for our entry to the Com
[006] ut to restrain them in a singers' opera may be quite _____ . Richard Tucker sang Edgardo in glorious voice. H
[007] etable in human form. Wallace Gray has directed a _____ play here, usually well, but with just a bit too muc
[008] renchant though little-known comment on the master's _____ later period by modest Owen Wister, author of "The V
[009] and Beads", and a couple of ballards. Getz is a _____ musician to categorize. He plays his sax principally
[010] apable of conceiving and executing a wide variety of _____ and arresting physical movements. Indeed, both "Jour
[011] ing intelligently taken by the hand through an often _____ maze. The show is programed and written by the stati
[012] arious churches. Many people seem hopeful, yet it is _____ to predict whether or not there will be any more rea
[013] means as my daily spiritual food is as intimate and _____ as to formulate the reasons for loving my nearest an
[014] ; everyone is to be a participant. Yet the most _____ problem in the Church's program of evangelism is rig
[015] love of God"! The source of this paradox is not _____ to identify. It lies in institutions. Institutions r
[016] or they have no redeeming features whatsoever. It is _____ to say what can be done about them except that we mu
[017] d. How can we have the wisdom to meet such a new and _____ challenge? We may feel pessimistic at the outlook
[018] his picture of extreme self-reliant individuation is _____ to reconcile with such Zendo formulas as: "O you, de
[019] perintendents at dog shows state it is becoming more _____ to obtain a licensed Handler to Judge Junior Showman
[020] precisely what makes lucid, straightforward music so _____ to compose- the clarity must be new, not old". How
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[001] sent word that the Negro soprano, Grace Bumbry, will _____ Venus in "Tannhaeuser". REMEMBER HOW BY a series
[002] e fullness of her vocal splendor, however, she could _____ the famous scene magnificently. Technically it
[003] ety introduced her to New York last season. She will _____ "La Sonambula" with it here next week. Anyone f
[004] the Herald Tribune, Times, and All the Other Angels _____ " brilliantly succeeds in exaggerating even motion-pi
[005] hind which Mr. Cole has placed couples or groups who _____ and set the mood for the scenes which are to follow.
[006] were doing. After all, the opera has juicy music to _____ and the goodies are well distributed, with no less t
[007] t had got together a bit more. @ "MELODIOUS birds _____ madrigals" saith the poet and no better description
[008] e word were derived from the French word chanter, to _____ , or do you say shanty and think of a roughly built c
[009] playing in the same keys in which she had chosen to _____ . No orchestra, however, could be expected to foll
[010] words all right, but it was easy for the psalmist to _____ them in his day. He didn't live in a world of perpet
[011] the City of Buffalo Dung in the southeast, to Muong _____ , the City of Lions in the northwest, close to Commun
[012] Above, in the tiled prosceniums of the alcoves, boys _____ the ghazals of Hafiz and Saadi, while at the very bo
[013] bridge the Teddy boys of the East End will gather to _____ Marlowe, Herrick, Shakespeare, and perhaps some lyri
[014] se a few lines out of the hundreds they may know and _____ them according to one of the modes into which Persia
[015] oice: "Rhu-beb-ni-ice fresh rhu-beb today"! The lazy _____ -song was spaced in time like the drone of a bumble-b
[016] l Jewish melody into a popular song, "And the Angels _____ ". The countrywide success of "Lazybones" and "And th
[017] untrywide success of "Lazybones" and "And the Angels _____ " could only lead to Hollywood, where, besides Harold
[018] a Schubert lullaby. He spoke no German but he could _____ it and the words of the song were the only ones he k
[019] ly because of a convict who had been discharged from _____
[020] _____ and who called me night after night. He said he was
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[001] a good deal of pleasure. She played with style and a _____ of the grand manner, and every piece she performed w
[002] reme and regal bearing there is still no one who can _____ her. If the voice is just a shade less glorious than
[003] inging to it something extra, some personal dramatic _____ imposed from the outside. The symptoms Saturday
[004] nication at the present juncture of history? I shall _____ on three areas: personal, national, and theological.
[005] greatest stretch because your shoulder blades will _____ ! As you see, the professor has designed a piece of a
[006] ibe it, but every gardener knows it when his fingers _____ such soil. Nothing is easier to grow from seed th
[007] these I would especially cite the delicious la^ndler _____ the pianist brings to the fifth variation (an obviou
[008] to produce a sizeable amount of cash before he could _____ the tiller or wheel. Having a boat financed through
[009] ES OF THE MIDWEST# Night scenes will add an exciting _____ to your vacation travelogue and what better place to
[010] ot rest on bone. Also make sure thermometer does not _____ the revolving spit or hit the coals. Don't prac
[011] tip the head back and bend the knees in an effort to _____ toes to head. Improvement can be measured by the les
[012] mourning a recent death and want comfort, to feel in _____ with the deceased, or seek indications for future pl
[013] attempt to prove Eichmann a "fiend"? These questions _____ the root of confusion in the prosecution's case.
[014] eries, and safe-cracking expeditions, and refused to _____ prostitution. He was also personally active in ward
[015] erhaps a street musician will pass to add that extra _____ . Take the Via di S. Agnese in Agone, next to the
[016] that was resolved by Civil War. And so I would only _____ upon it now (much as I have long wanted to write a b
[017] of the balsams that snapped like fire-crackers at a _____ ; red-and-yellow columbines whose round-tipped spurs
[018] sharp, shrewd talent, cleverness with an occasional _____ of genius (which, however, does not know "how to att
[019] ght have because his foe, Colonel Van Hamm, wouldn't _____ me with a ten-foot blue pencil. I remember one da
[020] n and Interpersonal Behavior the discussion does not _____ upon this aspect of the subject, with one possible e
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[001] e enjoyed. As has happened so often in the past, the _____ to recognize true greatness has been inadequate and
[002] tunity to exploit one of her special facilities- the _____ to produce fine deep-sounding bass tones while contr
[003] y the courage of Japanese soldiers than he is by the _____ of their commanders. Of the Japanese private he says
[004] and possessing one gift Stalin did not possess: The _____ to rouse men to fever pitch of personal devotion and
[005] nnium, and was paralleled by the confidence in man's _____ cherished by the Unitarians, Emerson, and the Tran
[006] asters attracted disciples because of their presumed _____ to perform miracles. Exponents of Zen often insis
[007] The reason you are in the ring today is to show your _____ to present to any judge the most attractive picture
[008] who knew nothing of what was required of a Junior's _____ to show a dog. To overcome this unfair judging, the
[009] tter excuse on the water than it is on land; lack of _____ and common sense can lead to just as much tragedy.
[010] e as straight as possible, as this will effect their _____ to mesh properly when the walls are erected. The out
[011] en a blade of grass. Some have serenity of mind, the _____ to accept what they have, and make the most of it (a
[012] him helpful as usual. "To be creative is to have the _____ to cause to exist- to produce where nothing was befo
[013] with a true non-instinctive and conscious creative _____ . An animal, bird or insect creates either a burrow,
[014] could quite literally depend on a man's strength and _____ to bring home the bacon; and the dependent wife seld
[015] t to him! Most striking indeed is this beyond-normal _____ to put a finger on "pre-conscious" moods and to clar
[016] The children can do chores adapted to their age and _____ . Caring for a calf, a pig, or some chickens develops
[017] ealth of the parents, particularly the mother, their _____ to provide their children with the necessities of li
[018] Upton who planned the trip, and "with rare executive _____ " bore the brunt of "the entire pilgrimage from begin
[019] retarial school. Of course, it can be argued that an _____ to write English correctly and with some degree of e
[020] erspective vs. time diffusion. Time perspective- the _____ to plan for the future and to postpone gratifying im
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[001] ally proposed, we just don't know, and he has had no _____ to reply. ## BUT ONE cannot escape the suspicion t
[002] sed the idea of a televised press conference and the _____ it gives the people to form intelligent opinions.
[003] Auditorium, Los Angeles, Nov. 21 thru Dec. 4. Not a _____ of opening here Nov. 28- barring that miracle. Then
[004] The party at Floyd's penthouse gave the "chorines" a _____ for a nostalgic frolic through all those hackneyed r
[005] g way to hear, and it gives the resident musicians a _____ to perform before the famous Newport audience.
[006] ved from a 1928 failure, "Treasure Girl".) #SECOND _____ # Like the Gershwins, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
[007] y to deck it out with new lyrics to give it a second _____ in another show. Several of these double entrie
[008] nds. Efficiency was enforced and nothing was left to _____ . Mr. Kennedy did not neglect to cultivate the person
[009] d, outboard motorists welcome cooler weather and the _____ to buzz over Colorado River sandbars and Lake Mead.
[010] rvous to negotiate for peace as long as there is any _____ to negotiate. It is said that fear in human beings p
[011] to come all the way from the United States with the _____ that the target, if it were mobile, would be gone.
[012] just as successful in the dog world if it is given a _____ . Last year Robert Harris, a leading Junior Handler e
[013] sures that the points are thrown all the way with no _____ that a wheel flange will snag on a partly thrown poi
[014] e pool to your main living quarters, the greater the _____ for violation of family privacy, annoying noise and
[015] arly responsible for each aspect of the job, with no _____ for claiming, "It wasn't my turn". Never let an
[016] gymnastic team. Eighty thousand won top honors and a _____ to try for the team itself. We could scarcely find e
[017] labeled. OERSTED'S boyhood represented a minimal _____ of either attaining greatness or serving his people
[018] ng too much for your truck insurance? There's a good _____ you are doubling on some coverage, not taking discou
[019] eed for costly on-site fabrication and increases the _____ for shop fabrication, where almost everything can be
[020] seemed happy at the delay in unloading, glad at the _____ to go ashore in a lively liberty port such as Bari.
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[001] wanted him to depart, upon daring the Fellowship to _____ him out. Hence he was in his lifetime, as is the mem
[002] up the smile on his lips. At first I was happy to _____ the support of our newspaper behind this man. I am s
[003] clays fastens to the barrel so that the shooter can _____ his own targets. A spring trap for solid mounting an
[004] ke a fine runabout- not digging in on the outside to _____ passengers all over the boat like many a small cabin
[005] are, the problems of maintenance, fire hazards, wind _____ , etcetera. An area may have been partially logged
[006] n which American boys hold their own is the baseball _____ . #THE CHINNING BAR# For arm and shoulder strength
[007] o explore the hinterlands. Of course, if you want to _____ all caution to the winds and rent an Imperial or Cad
[008] for a large number of cooperating sitters, trying to _____ light on this question of the significance of medium
[009] euver her onto the plain where they could get a good _____ . But she clung to the rocks and brush, and the day w
[010] bay gelding, edging closer, watching for a chance to _____ , but ready to spin and run, rope whining about his h
[011] here was room to make a quick dash past the bush and _____ as you went. So: Means edged around on the north sid
[012] Runyon, "and I wouldn't trust him as far as I could _____ the Statue of Liberty". Arthur "Bugs" Baer wrot
[013] heir interest remains chiefly biographical, for they _____ some light on the utter despair which overtook Thomp
[014] d two, three, or five years to anticipate issues and _____ out challenging ideas, he can open the way for innov
[015] rations would begin to affect stock prices, and thus _____ the charts off. The method would become self-defeati
[016] he said. "This is the sort of stuff I write and then _____ away"! "Heaven forbid"! cried the ladies, enchant
[017] nned at the detective. "Finally, all I needed was to _____ a little piece of red wood that looked like a firecr
[018] Who do you think pays the rent? You wouldn't have me _____ the poor boy out on the street", Eileen said when I
[019] e Golf Club shouting, "Bomb Cuba! Bomb Berlin! Let's _____ a little nuclear hardware at them and show them who'
[020] TV room to hear the news. "Bomb them"! he shouted. " _____ a little nuclear hardware at them! Show them who's b
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[001] rces- Send Me No Flowers (closed), Under the Yum-Yum _____ , Critic's Choice. In the forthcoming The Conquering
[002] hey had been promised immortality if they ate of the _____ , they obtained mortality instead. The wages of sin i
[003] [man] out of Paradise, and removed him far from the _____ of life, not because He envied him the
[004] of life, not because He envied him the _____ of life, as some venture to assert, but because He p
[005] in the world. The fruit is allowed to mature on the _____ , but it is still firm at this point. It is brought t
[006] or all those present. Often one floodlight high in a _____ will provide all the light you need at much less exp
[007] artist finds in the scene before him. Just because a _____ or other object appears in a certain spot is absolut
[008] and motion, or a static view: "a house under a pine _____ , with a little stone path going up to the door". The
[009] her poultice was made from the inner bark of the elm _____ , steeped in water until it formed a sticky, gummy so
[010] d, class of 1773, who scooped a canoe out of a handy _____ and first set the course way back in his own student
[011] unch was served. Then from the branches of a near-by _____ an Indian underclassman, disdaining both the platform
[012] oncerned stroll down the side of the house to a pear _____ , with crowds already gathering in front of the build
[013] ds- flax, castor, tung (nuts from the China wood-oil _____ ), perilla (from an Oriental mint), and oiticica (fro
[014] om an Oriental mint), and oiticica (from a Brazilian _____ ). Oils, or liquid fats, from the seeds of flax an
[015] nt resins. Solid fats from the seeds of the mahua _____ , the shea
[016] , the shea _____ , and the coconut palm are used to make candles in tr
[017] from jobs-tears- the seeds of an Asiatic grass. Bead _____ seeds are the necklaces of South Pacific islanders
[018] made from the roasted and ground seeds of the coffee _____ . World production of coffee broke all previous recor
[019] cocoa butter come from the ground seeds of the cacao _____ . World production of about 1 million tons is divided
[020] ontain extracts from kola nuts, the seed of the kola _____ cultivated in the West Indies and South America.