Word: bachelors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...were the San Francisco suburbs. He grabbed a cab and asked to be taken into the city-San Francisco, that is. But that, the incredulous cabbie told him, was a continent away. When the San Francisco Examiner offered Kreuz a free trip to his original destination, the ruddy-faced bachelor finally did get to see the Golden Gate. But, by all accounts, he left his heart in downtown Bangor...
...Daisy Mae might fret. The frost is on the turnip down in Dogpatch, but no date has yet been set yet for this year's Sadie Hawkins Day, that highly moveable feast on which Marryin' Sam will obligingly hitch a fleet-hoofed gal to any hapless bachelor she can catch. Finally, at Daisy Mae's insistence, Cartoonist Al Capp hisself makes a rare appearance in the strip to schedule the prenuptial foot race for Nov. 26. Snorts a disgusted Li'l Abner: "Ha!-Any day is okay when an-ugh! -Dogpatch maiden kin ketch...
Such advertisements have appeared regularly in West German newspapers in recent months. Bachelor Gastar-beiter (guest workers) are offering between $870 and $2,200 for frauleins to be their brides. So far, several hundred women are believed to have said I do to these marriages of convenience, bringing with them very valuable dowries: permanent residence and work permits for their husbands. With these documents, Gastarbeiter are almost certain of keeping their jobs in West Germany at a time when Bonn is attempting to reduce the number of foreigners working in the country...
Arthur Armstrong In 1969 Irish Artist Armstrong ended a losing seven-year struggle with the Dublin tax authorities; it seems that he kept artistically inaccurate records of his brush-and-easel expenses. Now spared the drudgery of bookkeeping, Bachelor Armstrong, 53, ambles through an unhurried life of painting ("There is a limit to the amount you can produce to satisfy yourself) and making the rounds in Dublin. "You can get to know everybody here," says he. "In London, there's too much territory to cover...
...both comic and penetrating. Later, when retired colonel Scorton manages a bowling and billiards hall, Sillitoe again shows his feel for common people through his description of the clintele. His portrait of Scorton's underling, named Oxton, is the book's best characterization. The retired gunner is a lovable bachelor dependent on the need to serve...