Word: da
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Da Nang was now in Communist hands, according to Premier Ky, who announced that the government soon will launch military operations there to regain control. Ky blamed Da Nang's mayor, a 37-year-old doctor, who has been in office since January. Warned Ky: "Either Da Nang's mayor is shot or the government will fall." Whether so dire a threat would quell the unrest, or simply fan it, a nervous Saigon-and an anxious Washington-waited...
...When the French invaded Lombardia, the people went to Leonardo da Vinci crying: "Maestro, there is fire, death and ruin in our cities." // maestro, holding a fly in his hand, answered calmly: "People always were stupid and always will be. More interesting is what I have just discovered-that a fly uses his hind legs to drive his flight." It is still interesting to learn about nature's miracles of nature. RUDOLF HUB Lima, Peru...
Despite ultimate conquest by Rome, and later by the Turks, who ruled Rumania with Ottoman harshness for 400 years, the Colorado-size enclave retained its sense of separateness. Rumanians speak a lilting, Latinate language that sets them apart from neighboring vowel-deficient Slavs; though they say da for yes, they say bunā seara for good evening. Bloodied by the Central Powers in World War I, Rumania emerged into the modern world as a reactionary monarchy, sided with Nazi Germany during World War II; its fascist Iron Guard proved just as murderous and anti-Semitic...
First: drain the mud before the arrival of the bulldozer. There was one family which had a front yard large enough to dig a drainage pit in. The dona da casa (woman of the house) thought it would be all right...
...hole was dug along with a trench to the mud; the trench was opened and the mud began to flow. Enter don da casa: "What is going on here?" It was obvious. His yard was being filled with black mud. He had been away, out of touch; and thus the logic of urban-community development was a complete mystery to him. The ensuing confusion ended the moment the mud ceased to flow; what can one say to a yardful...