Word: bring
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...base at Altus, Okla., 200 miles away, then from another airborne B-47. Altus gave Obie a compass heading to come in on. His panel lights grew dimmer, his eyes burned like hot lead. He could see the compass needle but not the numbers. He turned his plane to bring the needle toward the heading he wanted: his own field, the Strategic Air Command's Dyess Air Force Base near Abilene, 150 miles away...
...pretense at any political unity among the aging "anti-Fascists." After a tense meeting of the AFPFL, the rivals last week agreed to a "divorce by mutual consent." In a radio address to the nation, Premier U Nu said: "I did my best to bring about unity within the AFPFL. But if this is impossible and the split occurs, I must go with one side. I can't remain neutral...
...result is a series of thin marble cutouts, rubbed pebble-smooth, that sometimes suggest chic mannequin sil houettes, and sometimes ancient Gaulish coins. Hajdu also produces metal bas-reliefs, which he calls "orchestrations of light and shade," that bring to mind the pulsations of a Spanish dance or the interlocking vapor trails of high-flying jets. At best they reflect the inspiration he found in the art of ancient Mesopotamia, to create a world "real in facts but invented in forms...
Manusevitch has high hopes for the future of the Orchestra. He emphasized that Cambridge has never had a local orchestra, although many surrounding towns support their own symphonic groups which attract Cambridge music-lovers to their concerts. "The aim of the Civic Orchestra," he noted; "will be to bring back fine music to this area...
...bets. For his cash, each gambler was buying a crack golfer in the "Calcutta" auction before the Desert Inn's sixth annual Tournament of Champions. The man who owned the winner would get a whopping $95,760 share of the pot; even a lowly seventh-place finisher would bring his backer $11,970. For the 22 golfers there was another $40.000 in prizes...