Word: carpingly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...some critics carp and sneer...
...first time was in July, at the Chicago convention of the National Association of Music Merchants. Typical of the winning guesses were the communities of Rough and Ready, Calif.; Goose Egg, Wyo.; Carp, Nev. and Hungry Horse, Mont. We turned out to be wrong about Hungry Horse, because we'd used some outdated Montana subscriber lists at our "post office" display. (Hungry Horse is on the lists used in Minneapolis this week...
...Texas river bottoms the sweet gum trees were tinged with yellow. At night, deer jumped the wire fences to nibble at the heavy-headed sorghum. The rivers ran low and clear, and yellow cats, black bass, carp and perch sailed lazily in their depths, too fat to bother with baited hooks. In northern Michigan, the bow & arrow boys, 18,000 strong, patiently honed their two-and three-bladed arrows, tentatively twanged their 5O-lb. bows, got out their brown-and-green camouflage suits, the grease paint and burnt cork for blacking their faces while stalking the wary deer...
...however, will carp about the beauty of Renoir's production. From the very introduction of the credits at the beginning he shows perfect taste. The color photography is excellent; the musical background is oriental and exciting without sounding like Hollywood Baghdad-music; a thousand details contribute to the dominant impression of beauty. For this alone one should sell one's patrimony for a reserved seat at the Beacon Hill. --John R. W. Small...
...reserves the right to poke, pry, carp, coo and criticize at will...