Word: ancients
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Ensconced in the ancient caves of Yenan, dug into the loess foothills of the Liang Mountains, the Chinese Reds began to recoup their losses and regain their strength. Then, with the Japanese pressing south from Manchuria, the stage was set for a rapprochement between the Communists and the Nationalists. Now a division commander, Lin made his debut against the Japanese the high point of his military career: at dawn on Sept. 25, 1937, Lin's men ambushed the Japanese Itagaki Division in the shadow of the Great Wall. The defeat is still recalled with awe in the bars...
...needed all the prestige he could extract from touching the hem of De Gaulle's khaki tunic. In the green-and-gold Throne Pavilion, Sihanouk made the two-star French brigadier general an Honorary Supreme General of the Royal Khmer Armed Forces. Under a great moon at the ancient temple of Angkor Wat, Sihanouk recreated the festival of the coronation of a Khmer king. Everywhere, in his toasts and speeches, the Prince was all praise, reminding De Gaulle of "your prestige, your wiseness, your clairvoyance, your sense of equity...
...grow moribund. But the jumping Chicago scene today assures the vitality of the blues for a long time to come. A new vanguard of city-bred youths is already cropping up in the lesser-known bands and outlying clubs, catching the beat, learning the notes, taking up again the ancient, universal plaint...
...NEWS SPECIAL (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). The winner of a 1965 Peabody Award for television's most inventive art documentary. "The Mystery of Stonehenge," presents a new theory about the original function of the ancient ruins at Stone henge and the controversy this theory has caused within the scientific community. Repeat...
BERNARD KRAINIS: CONCERTOS FOR RECORDERS (Mercury). The ancient instrument, beloved by Shakespeare and Pepys, now serves to introduce untold thousands of children and adults to the joys of producing music; so it is all the more dazzling to hear Krainis' virtuoso display as he whistles through concertos by Vivaldi, Telemann and Handel without a tripped note or an empty breath sucked in-like a lark with the lungs of a lion...