Word: cliff
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...idyllic Isle of Capri a perfect spot in which to get away from it all. Augustus' misanthropic successor Tiberius found the island's solitude so inspiring that he often invited tedious friends out to the imperial villa for the weekend, only to push them off a cliff as soon as they arrived. The only thing Capri lacked was a supply of fresh water. Rain water, collected in cisterns, had to suffice Augustus, Munthe and all Caprioti...
...Wales: "Lying through sheer laziness on the warm shore, my eye became riveted to what it would-some sea-eroded rocks, for instance, which I would notice were reproducing precisely in miniature the form of the inland hills. These and other things delighted me: the twisted gorse on the cliff edge, twigs like snakes lying in the path, the bare rock ... I found that I could express what I felt only by paraphrasing what I saw ... I learned that landscape was not necessarily scenic...
Murder or Not? Vercors' question comes up when British scientists discover in New Guinea a large tribe of cliff-dwellers. Paranthropus ("tropi" for short) is a queer chap, human in that he smokes his meat and buries his dead; simian in many of his physical characteristics; a bit of both in that, though normally erect in stance, he is happy to drop on all fours and thunder off at a gallop. Australian wool interests hope that the "tropis" will prove to be a dream-come-true-workers who can be trained to operate a loom without benefit of paycheck...
Gene Mann, who provided the top match on Saturday with an 8-6, 9-11, 6-2 victory off Cliff Worthy of Army is at four against Williams. Don Bossart and Alex Heagler round...
...Angeles area. For ten days they swam, sailed, necked, danced, drank, clogged traffic with their cars. Up the coast at Palos Verdes, a youthful promoter got a big crowd of youngsters at a dollar a head to watch a gasoline-drenched jalopy set afire and pushed off a cliff...