Word: dust
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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williwaw. n. a violent commotion or agitation: STORM. TEMPEST. "kicking up a great williwaw of dust...
...some also felt that Kennedy had gone too far in the direction of flexibility-or just obscurity-when he cryptically referred to an agreement that would recognize "the historic and legitimate interests of others in assuring European security." Was this an assurance to the Communists that in the settling dust over Central Europe, the frontier problems of little Poland and big Russia would be taken into account...
...Bonn wineshop now sells Hennessy cognac at $3.75 a bottle while the best German Weinbrand at the same price gathers dust.* From tiny Fiats to elegant Ferraris, some 400,000 imported cars have been sold in West Germany. In a posh Dusseldorf shoe salon last week, a matron, eyeing the latest square-toed model, snapped: "Is It Italian?" Replied the salesgirl: "Madam, we sell only Italian shoes." German sausage and French pate are pouring into Belgium at twice the pre-1958 rate. One of Brussels' largest stores laid on a Common Market exhibi tion earlier this year called "Europe...
...Berdt family who casually mentioned that there were two early American paintings somewhere in his house. They were identified as Peale's, and the news was flashed to Montclair's alert director, Miss Kathryn Gamble, who promptly put in a bid. The paintings were covered with dust but otherwise unharmed-as crisp and clear as they were when they crossed the Atlantic 178 years...
...farm back in Quincy, invariably took time to investigate the quality of the local manure. The English manure was fine, wrote Adams, "but it is not equal to mine, which I composed of Horse Dung from Bracketts stable in Boston, Marsh Mud from the sea shore and Street Dust, from the Plain at the Foot of Pens hill." The Europeans found him "a Character...