Word: ageing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Though few occupants of the rooming house who saw "John Willard" might prove credible witnesses, there were several solid citizens who distinctly recall his appearance and mannerisms. One was Bessie Brewer, the rooming-house manager, who recalls quite clearly the killer's looks, height (about 6 ft.), age (30-32), build (roughly 165 Ibs. and slender) and accent ("He spoke just like any other Memphian," i.e., with a drawl). Other witnesses recounted in detail how a man of that description ran from the rooming house at the time of the shooting (6:01 p.m.), leaped into a white Mustang...
...Age Gap. The extent of the campaigns, and their continuing anti-Semitic cast, raised doubts as to whether Party Boss Wladyslaw Gomulka still exercises complete control of the party. Not only has Gomulka's plea for an end to the anti-Zionist campaign three weeks ago been ignored by the government, but mutterings of dissatisfaction with the stagnant Gomulka regime have begun to appear in the Polish press...
...First seen in this clinic by Dr. Jones when the mohter brought Timothy, age 5, in for a swelling under the arm. She also brought in Susan, 11, and Kathy, 7. Susan is a very intelligent girl and has been chosen for the Latin School Test from her school. She has failed the eye tests and should be wearing glasses. She has very little sight in her left eye. She was referred to the doctor for an eye examination. Kathy also has eye difficulty...
...England, Oxford University's Research Laboratory for Archaeology announced that after seven years' work, it had perfected a "thermoluminescence" technique for determining the age of any ceramic, from a 6,000-year-old potsherd to a 19th century vase. The technique employs the radiation-measuring devices used at most atomic reactors and in hospital radiotherapy departments. It is based on the fact that most mineral substances buried in the earth absorb the natural radiation given off by uranium, potassium and thorium in the earth. The rate of radiation has been relatively constant in historical times, but all absorbed...
...never, nunc ant numquam. In the old days, the passage says, the women would mess themselves up and go on top of the mountain and pray for rain, and believe in it, and say, 'Now or Never,' and the rain would come. In the modern age, we don't believe we can move Heaven any more." Durrell's hero learns...