Word: agee
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...would have never gone back to East Germany,this was it," said Heinz Schmidt, a railway workerfrom Magdeburg who spent eight days in a tent withhis wife and teen-age...
Rather than send money, Tommy Quan decided to send himself. Until the Communists took over in 1949, Quan lived in a small village of 160 people not far from the Taishan County seat. Then at age 15, Quan and his family immigrated to Seattle. Eventually, Quan owned two thriving restaurants, a ski resort and "more real estate than I can keep track...
...crabby old man or are you going to write another song?" He watched his parade of birthdays go by quietly, embarrassed by the fuss made by the world at large. Though fans gathered outside his Manhattan town house for a 100th birthday serenade, he was unimpressed with his longevity. "Age," he observed, "is no mark of merit unless you do something constructive with it." What he did was indisputable...
...canvas. The Brits, in their strapped-for-quid, post-David Lean days, toil to see how many angels can dance on the head of a penny. For perhaps a tenth of Black Rain's budget, Queen of Hearts lays out a beguiling panorama of romance and revenge, coming of age and coming to terms. Oh, and the niftiest talking pig since Porky...
...fresh water. The wooded mountains that had inspired visitors to call Montserrat the Emerald Isle turned brown as most of the green trees lost their tops. "It was paradise here," said Governor Christopher Turner, who placed the damage at $100 million. "Now we're back to the kerosene age and washing in the river." Ten residents died...