Word: bread
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Fireworks in Formosa. The Half Safe pushed on through Cambodia and Vietnam. Ahead, bridges were out, so Carlin set his course straight for Hong Kong, 500 miles over the South China Sea. It was the longest transoceanic hop since the Atlantic. The travelers lived on bread, fruit and canned beans. Leaded gasoline fouled the engine and Carlin somehow managed to do a complete valve job at sea. Safe in Hong Kong, Carlin converted his engine to run on kerosene, only to find there was none available...
...hour shifts, during which he was never allowed to sit down. He was moved 15 times in those four years, from prison to prison and cell to bedless cell, with from six to 13 cell mates. During the first year there were only two meals a day of bread and vegetables. Bishop Pinger's Bible and rosary were confiscated. "There is freedom of religion in the new China," his warders told him, "but not for prisoners." They lectured him severely whenever they caught him praying: "I soon learned to pray without showing any outward signs...
...began to feel the impact. In Seattle barbers boosted haircut prices 25? (to $[.75). In Detroit the board of education warned that hot meals would cost the city's 272,000 schoolchildren 2? more this fall. Milk prices rose a penny a quart in Des Moines; bread jumped 2? a loaf in San Francisco. Diamonds were up 10% in Dallas. Clothing in some areas is going up 71%. Food also is expected to go higher, largely as a result of higher handling costs. Said a Memphis executive: "We're paying more in freight charges per cwt. on some...
...grandstand. "Kids, kids, kids!'' he would cry. "Big kids, little kids, bring your dimes and nickels! Get your ice cream here!" He pushed the hot dogs ("See how long they are!-30? to the foot, 90? to the yard!"), kept up a steady stream of jingles ("Local bread, pound of meat,/And all the mustard you can eat"), in every way seemed to be just one more concessionaire. But to carnival folk, Witold Krassowski, 35, is now known as "The Professor." A sociologist who teaches and studies at the University of California at Los Angeles in the winter...
...delicate art of cleaning and restoring fading masterpieces was once the province of cautious artisans armed with little more than a magnifying glass, a loaf of fresh bread (without the crust) for gently erasing dirt, and perhaps some soapy water and varnish. Now a new breed of "scientific" restorers, equipped with a surgeon's tools, a chemist's swabs, and a burning curiosity about what lies under the next layer of paint, has moved into most of the world's great museums. At best, their efforts have resulted in such spectacular triumphs as the restoration of Leonardo...