Word: collected
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...They had been standing there, soggily, for five hours. When his plane finally taxied in through the puddles and Edward Kennedy stepped off, it came?a current of slightly awesome arousal, a rush of something more than just celebrity. People surged, straining to shake his hand, to touch him, collect an autograph or simply stand near. With a touch of marvel, a Kennedy aide remarked: "They aren't Bobby crowds yet. But they're close...
Ceram moves from one age to another, pointing out links and gaps. He does not pretend that he is reporting new findings. His mission, rather, is to collect and explain what the scientists have produced. He brings to it an excitement born of the knowledge that new discoveries can be made at any moment that will tell much about the previous tenants of the continent...
...Harvard houses. The residents of the apartment were having the party as an experiment in personal interactions, but it turned out to be an intensive course in cocktail chatter. I was not aware of the social code that the other guest observed. The first step was to collect as many names as possible, and to address everyone by name each time he passed. The second step was to collect one piece of information about the person, but never anything that led to substantial conversation. The third step was to tell him how pleased you were to meet him, and that...
...inflations has left many people with an almost religious reverence for gold. An estimated $4.5 billion worth of the metal is secreted by French hoarders in socks, crockery, mattresses and vaults-more than is held by the Bank of France. Frenchmen buy gold jewelry, pile up gold ingots and collect gold coins-Louis d'or, English sovereigns, American eagles, Swiss Helvetias. They sew gold in their belts when they march off to war. "I invested my first wages in gold in 1949," says one 40-year-old divorcee, recounting a typical French experience. She has been a hoarder ever...
...nightmare untouched as it warns readers of the dangers of "being mugged, pushed down a flight of stairs by a fleeing thief, or shoved off a curb by a roaming gang of toughs." At a cost of $12 a year, a policyholder injured in a crime of violence can collect up to $5,250 to cover medical expenses. If the insured is killed, Old American will pay his beneficiary...