Word: burningly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Franz Kafka died of tuberculosis in 1924, at the age of 41. In crippling distrust of himself, he had published almost nothing, and he died little noted, leaving instructions to burn all his work. His closest friend disobeyed his will and published Kafka's three unfinished novels, his letters, diaries, parables and tales. These included The Trial, The Castle and Amerika-in effect, the chief body of his work. The generation that has passed since then has been deeply marked by the friend's good sense in preserving these records of a genius that at first seemed obscure...
...being compulsorily installed on California cars cannot do the whole job of cleaning up the city's air, said Dr. Arie Jan Haagen-Smit. If Angelenos want real relief, he said, they must have better, and preferably electric, public transportation, fewer commuters, smoother-flowing traffic, and cars that burn less fuel...
...Japan's Kanto Plain, on which Tokyo and Yokohama nestle, makes smog differently but just as deadly. Countless industrial plants burn soft coal or oil, said Lieut. Colonel Harvey W. Phelps, but few have proper smokestacks. Acrid smoke can be seen billowing out of doors, windows and ventilators near ground level...
...death on Phenix City's streets. (His son John won the office, later became Governor.) That tore it; public indignation followed, a errand jury went to work. By the end of the year, Phenix City's bawdyhouses were padlocked, and the National Guard was called in to burn the slot machines...
...hooting and hollering around the vaudeville circuits. Never mind if the kids miss long division -just so they can count the house. Never mind if there's only one bed-mother's little darlings can sleep on the floor. Suppose the old Marmon does break down? Burn it up and collect the insurance. Suppose the family does need winter coats? Cut up a couple of hotel blankets. And when the hotel manager comes to inspect his property, knock him down on the nearest mattress and as loud as possible cry: WOLF...