Word: advent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...whole, is a safe business. But each collision (and there are quite a few, involving military or non-passenger planes, that do not receive wide publicity) indicates that aviation is still not as safe as it might be. The situation will become even more dangerous with the advent of widespread jet traffic, a phenomenon for which American aviation is singularly unprepared...
Down the Middle. All this has come as a rude shock to opposition politicians. The party which Malagodi heads is the heir to the one that made Italy a nation, and, until the advent of Mussolini, most of Italy's Premiers called themselves Liberals. But in 1952, when Malagodi joined the party, it was, says one of its members, "in the seventh day of pneumonia." Thanks to his family's longtime prominence in Liberal politics and his own sharp intelligence-he was general manager of Milan's giant Banca Commerciale Italiana at 29-stocky Giovanni Malagodi rose...
...advent of Spring again reminds us of the unfortunate scheduling of weekday parietal hours. While our natural inclinations would send us down to the playing fields to help the House athletic teams or out into the sun for various Mithraic rites, we are forced to entertain lady guests in our rooms during daylight hours...
...With the advent of Explorer, perhaps aggressive man will find a better planet on which to live. Then surely "the meek shall inherit the earth...
After years of devastating civil wars, the religion-cloaked warrior class crumbled in the 16th century. Japan's Renaissance was born, and with it the advent of one of Japan's most serene traditions: the tea ceremony-a symbol of respect, reverence and peace. As the tearoom won primary status in the home, the tea garden grew in importance. The new architects were the tea masters and the garden was carefully planned to symbolize each moment of the ceremony. Stepping stones, paved paths, sculptured water basins, the tranquil arrangements of trees and shrubs were tuned into a poem...