Word: dirt
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Turkey-none of which are in any way under the control or influence of the Roman Catholic Church and its doctrines ... It is un-Christian ... to make such outrageous accusations against the one church which is doing the most in the world today to alleviate the sufferings of the "dirt-encrusted, malnourished and disease-ridden children." ROBERT K. MANTON Bad Kreuzenach, Germany...
...different is not the museum but the country. In America the museum plays another role, fills other needs, than in Europe. It is a place set apart, a magical place, the only one where the past is encountered. When I returned to Paris, I ... was appalled by the dirt of ages that overlaid everything . . . We cannot escape the dead hand of the past. We inhabit a collection of open-air museums which are the antechambers to the museums themselves, and we enter without changing our climate...
...tractor in the world that can turn with power on both tracks (price: $30,000). Equipped with a pusher plate and working in combination with Harvester's new rubber-tired, high-speed earth mover (up to 25 m.p.h. across rough terrain), the tractor can load 48 tons of dirt in 60 seconds, a job that would take a man with a shovel ten days...
...Lodover, an ingenious little tractor loader designed for work in close quarters, such as in mines. It can swing a load of dirt overhead from front to back...
...office service is terrible and Hollywood movies an abomination. He cannot abide quiz programs, and he would like to see oldfashioned, full-length hand brakes returned to cars. His harshest words are reserved for New York City as a place to live and work. He hates its noise and dirt; he condemns its schools, its houses, its transportation. In fact, says Author Barzun, "we would settle for Hell as our next stopping place: living conditions could be no worse there, and the climate would be better for our sinuses." But give away New York, and there's still some...