Word: deeps
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...might be the hard core of a volcano or peak formed by above-sea erosion. Only deep drilling could give the details. But the mountain was there, far below the growing zone of coral. Darwin, from the deck of his windjammer, had guessed right...
...snow at Lake Placid, N.Y. was deep and powdery last week, and the temperature was a shivery 3° above zero. At one-minute intervals, the 39 best college skiers in the East struck out crosscountry on their narrow racing skis. Tiny, ski-minded St. Lawrence University won Lake Placid's Langlauf (its skiers finished first & second) and won the tournament as well...
...Then they made her take a crawling position, and took turns burning her back with lighted cigarets-not deep, just enough to leave blisters. Meanwhile another girl was throwing an egg at her face. She started to cry and they kicked her. Then they spun her around until she was dizzy and started to vomit, but the girls grabbed hold of her nose and mouth so she couldn...
...work as 1947 began. Light industries (clothing, processed food, etc.) were already cutting production, but heavy industries (autos, houses, etc.), which give the U.S. its economic red meat, had hardly begun to satisfy demand. The fact was that no one could say, with certainty, just how long or deep the recession would be. But a balance sheet could be cast up of what could make it comparatively slight, or comparatively deep...
...Yearling's dramatic scenes are cunningly, almost too-knowingly manipulated, but they are nonetheless effective: the bear hunt, the ruinous rainy spell, Pa's near-fatal snake bite, the deer killing, Jody's perpetual wonder at a wonderful world, Penny Baxter's deep and tender understanding of his wife's and son's troubles. Underscoring all these emotion-mauling theatrics is a musical background that sounds as if it might have been recorded by the Heavenly Choir itself...