Word: archings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Meldrim Thomson Jr., New Hampshire's arch-conservative Governor, on why he turned down an invitation to visit the People's Republic: "I will take no part in giving aid and comfort to Communist China by lending the prestige of Governor for a baby-carriage guided tour of the enemy's homeland...
...company's impressive array of dancers. Yuri and Emilia consummate the relationship in one of the best scenes of The Turning Point; shot in deep blues and purples, the lovemaking is accompanied by ballet music, and appropriately enough, Emilia marks their climax with a ballet gesture, forming a graceful arch with her outstretched arms...
...fewer than 41 modern buildings, all designed by nationally and internationally famed architects. On Sundays, the citizens of Columbus worship in churches designed by Eero and Eliel Saarinen. They borrow books at a library built from the innovative plans of I.M. Pei and embellished with a bronze arch sculpted by Henry Moore. They shop in a glass-enclosed piazza designed by Cesar Pelli, and send their children to schools conceived by Architects Harry Weese, Eliot Noyes and John Warnecke. Along with the distinctive new structures, the spirit and pride of Columbus have risen as well. All over town, old commercial...
...terms of hard cash. British unions have never been able to crack M & S, and the rate of absenteeism among workers is a mere 3%-less than might be expected from illness alone. Customers flock to the chain in such numbers that the company's flagship Marble Arch store in London was ranked by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's most profitable shop in 1977. The chain claims to take in one-eighth of all expenditures for clothing in Britain...
...publisher did not really have to print J.P. Donleavy's name on the dust jacket of this novel. Arch alliteration is a trademark established by the author through a steady succession of Saddest Summers, Beastly Beatitudes and Mad Molecule. Fans and detractors can agree on one point: no one but Donleavy could commit such titles...