Word: bulking
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Without shedding even his coat, 42-year-old Preacher Sawyer grabbed his movie camera and made for the camp gateway. One nudist tossed a neat block and Sawyer's burly bulk (5 ft.11 in., 225 Ibs.) hit the dust (see cut). Nudists rallied to revive him with a first-aid kit. a camp chair and a sandwich. A few minutes later, he tried again, fell even harder. Next day Preacher Sawyer came back, once again found the gate guarded. Said he earnestly: "I intend to intensify my campaign ... I give them credit for being as sincere...
...hanging around that juvenile delinquent, the 21-inch tube, and picked up a good book. Unfortunately, the best that can be said for most children's books is that they sell well-a sturdy 11% of the total U.S. book trade. Largely churned out by conscientious hacks, the bulk of the kiddie books piles mountains of moral lessons on molehills of fun. Cause for cheer has come in recent months. With an eye on relaxation as well as royalties, some well-established novelists and poets have sortied from their usual literary habitat and invaded the children's book...
...striking sights in Mexico City is the new Communications and Public Works building, not so much because of its great glass and steel bulk as because of a series of brilliant mosaics which run like a bright tapestry over vast expanses of the exterior walls. On the building's north façade the mosaics soar to a ten-story climax where a great mural in reds, yellows and greens covers 4,800 sq. ft. In the center is a figure symbolizing La Patria, a woman dressed in Indian costume; above her is a Mexican eagle flanked by representations...
...Johnny Bulla, another young hopeful, headed for the West Coast in Bulk's Ford jalopy. Snead, who had grave misgivings about his own skill, suggested to Bulla that they split their winnings...
...rooms and seven bathrooms), and when this, in turn, became too public, Louis chopped it into smaller and smaller hideouts. In these "rats' nests" (as one courtier contemptuously described them), the King's absolute power lay hidden like the germ in a seed of wheat. The bulk of the palace was no more than a magnificent husk...