Word: barrens
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...live in the world of Yoknapatawpha County amongst the legends and the myths of the past. They are surrounded by stories of man's need to destroy himself and the present so as to have revenge upon and gain unity with the past. They have the ruined plantations lying barren around them, they have sterility, incest, and divided houses...
Seated in the oak-paneled office of his limestone palace on one of the barren hills overlooking his ramshackle capital of Amman, the slim, 21 -year-old King of Jordan spoke slowly, in a voice deep and rich for one so young. "I feel I am stronger than ever now. I have the support of my army and my people, in spite of all the efforts to break up my country. We realize now that the propaganda campaign and the internal crisis were the responsibility of international Communism and its followers." The King paused. In his paper-white face...
This is to express my gratitude for a beautiful piece of writing-the review of Death of a Man. It is more than a review. It is a brilliant indictment of a hollow, barren approach to courage. I have reread it until I am convinced that it is perfect
...captain ordered the flag dipped in salute to the UNEF troops garrisoning the Egyptian base at Sharm el Sheikh. UNEF fired an answering rocket in recognition. "A historic day!" cried Israeli Finance Minister Levi Eshkol as the tanker began pumping its cargo into newly finished tanks on the barren shore. Israeli crowds went wild with excitement, dancing the Hora, and the national radio interrupted its Sabbath music program to announce the great news...
...transforming the land, the dams have also transformed the people, who are largely of Spanish stock, and their cities. Ciudad Obregón, in the heart of the Yaqui valley, has grown from a barren crossroads to a booming city of 70,000, with modern architecture, an up-to-date airport (with cotton planted between the runways) and a home-grown crop of millionaires. The small farmer-owners, grown suddenly prosperous, make good customers for the show windows filled with gleaming new appliances and U.S.-made farm machines. Los Mochis, the sugar-mill center of the Fuerte valley, is just...