Word: counts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hope not!" but each is oblivious to her own predicament as she returns. At the end they all three clasp hands-a superficial closeness, each alone with her memories, each having said little and communicated nothing. It is not so much Beckett's words as his silences that count; and Kim knows beautifully just how long a silence can last before the audience gets restless. The words sink in: they do not link in a conversation but are tentacles thrown blindly out into the dark...
...executor of the estate of the twice-widowed, childless Powell, discovered the money in the Springfield hotel room the day after funeral services had been held in the capitol rotunda. "The closet was full of money," Rendleman said. It took three bank tellers more than four hours to count the money. Rendleman did not make the find public until nearly three months later, while he searched neighboring banks for additional funds...
Navy will have three advantages in tomorrow's match. First, the Middies can count on their traditionally vociferous fans to crowd the stands...
...easy enough in these depression days to find space in the building; at last count, 98 flats were vacant. High rents ($190 for a studio apartment, $750 for one with four bedrooms) exclude many would-be Hancockers. So does the sway factor. Big John is jacketed by steel girders that form a series of five giant Xs on each side. This is intended to provide extra support against the chilling winds that boom in from Lake Michigan. Despite the Xs, however, Big John swings: McElhatton claims that during one recent windstorm, with gusts of up to 75 m.p.h., there were...
Indeed, doctors are not above using such folk remedies themselves. In New York, researchers found that the wart count among some schoolchildren declined dramatically after doctors painted the growths with a bright vegetable dye. Dr. Goldman has tried an even more mystical method. He asks suggestible children to send him a detailed tracing of the wart-covered hand or foot. Then he burns the diagram and tells the youngsters that their warts will disappear in a few weeks. They usually...