Word: built
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Brzezinski, back in his native country after a 19 year absence, the single most striking sentiment evident among the Poles was a strong hate and contempt for everything Russian. In Warsaw, for example, people would not enter the new Palace of Justice simply because it was Stalin-built. And when a person on the street was asked the direction of a certain street or square, renamed by the Communists, he would invariably desist from answering. Or he might say that if so and so street was meant (the original name), it was right over there...
...story, as well as its component parts, partakes of a diarrheic length. If the author is interested in attracting readers, he should take the advice he offers almost midway through the story... "but enough is enough! This is not a brochure for a hiking club." "An Enchantment" is built around an intriguing situation for exploring personality, but loses effectiveness because the narrator is very little described. The story can be somewhat improved by re-reading the introduction after finishing reading...
...Apart Boat. A small molded mahogany boat that comes apart in the middle, so the ends can be stored in a clothes closet or carried in the trunk of the family car, was put on sale by Boston's George D. O'Day Associates, Inc. The boat, built by Fairey Marine Ltd. of Britain, comes with paddles or oars. Prices: $130 for a 7-ft.-4-in. one-seater model, $145 for the 10-ft. two-seater...
Calendar Watch. General Time Corp. put on sale the first cheap U.S.-made calendar watch. The watch face has a date window where the numeral 3 would be, made more legible by a magnifying lens built into the watch crystal. Each day the number changes from one through 31; hand setting corrects for shorter months. Price...
...young Rio Grande riverboat captain named Richard King braced a stranger in Brownsville, Texas in 1850. "Back in Owensboro, Kentucky, sir," replied the stranger, "I was treasurer of the Methodist Church. I raised the money to build a new church house. Well-that church was never built-and here I am in Texas. Now, Captain King, which category do you come under...