Word: deserts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Despite these differences, despite the fact that Dempsey has never been known to seek favor, even despite the fact that he was not one of Monty's original men in the Homeric African-desert campaigns, Monty picked him for his present job -a true accolade for his military ability...
...delegation of its leaders, including Unità's fiery Editor Velio Spano, who is also a member of the Communist Party's Central Executive Committee, handed Premier Ivanoe Bonomi an ultimatum: immediate and drastic reforms, or resign. Said Bonomi: "This is no time for me to desert...
Desperately, Chile needed vigorous leadership. Nitrates and copper supported her shaky economy. Both were booming now, but both would have trouble meeting postwar competition. Chileans feared that soon after peace was declared, her mines and nitrate plants would close throughout her desert north, flooding the fertile south with hordes of unemployed...
...Desmond Powell's remembrance of a desert journey with the late Thomas Wolfe: "For one week I saw [him] consume a large steak each morning for breakfast, while lesser men sat around and ate crunchies and tweeties. ... He could recall the smell of a particular apple tree, the feel of a particular door...
...desert baby (first issue: 1,000 copies) is co-edited by two men born in Arizona ghost towns: Frederick Cromwell, 36; Harry Behn, 46, who wrote movie scenarios for Hell's Angels and The Big Parade. Both hope to draw more heavily on Yaqui and Papago folklore than on the literary curiosa that usually deadens quarterlies. Best bets...