Word: branch
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tree began to die, one branch at a time. LoGiudice worried about the neighborhood children who climbed in the tree. "I was afraid they would get hurt, and the city would get sued, or I would," he said. So he cut the tree down. An official of the parks department in Queens happened to spot the fallen tree and asked whether LoGiudice had a permit to ax it. LoGiudice could not tell a lie. No permit. He was sent a bill. Value of tree destroyed: $1,287. Replacement cost of three-inch flowering cherry tree: $200. Inspection fee: $25. Discount...
...move that would hardly have pleased the Mexicans. The President had also considered postponing his press conference last Monday, in the hope that the chaos in Iran might have cleared before he answered questions about it. He decided instead to use the conference to extend an olive branch. Said he: "We have been in touch with those in control of the [Iranian] government, and we stand ready to work with them...
...youngsters are permitted to branch out from slalom and giant slalom races into the higher speeds of downhilling. "You have to be a little crazy to like downhilling," she said, but it turned out to be Kris's best event...
...Massachusetts House of Representatives will consider the bill this week, but is expected to reject it. If that happens, a conference committee of two Democrats and one Republican from each branch will work out a compromise bill...
Louis Bakanowsky, chairman of the Visual and Environmental Studies (VES) department, cites dwindling resources as the primary weakness of the film studies branch at the Carpenter Center. Film students concur. They point out the limited 16mm equipment, remarking on its fragility and suggesting that the department reinvest in simpler 8mm machinery and videotape. Additionally, film students complain of professors who are overbearing, non-objective, self-important critics and not themselves film-makers. Real-life film-makers as part-time professors, some students say, would greatly improve the department...