Word: emeralds
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...certainly found this to be true. That book, also published by Abrams, immediately hopped to the bestseller list, where it has shown remarkable staying power. This lively sequel obviously hopes to re-Ipeat the gnomic phenomenon. g Froud and Lee concentrate mainly on the folklore of the British land Emerald isles, though they note that nearly every culture has its appropriate Third World of mischievous wee folk. A Celtic bumpkin can be enticed by his loccal wood spirits into a jigathon that makes years seem like minutes. In America, a Catskill rube glike Rip Van Winkle loses himself...
...empty helicopter pad is a forlorn reminder of power brutally rescinded. The scraggly-haired surfers shoulder their boards in the morning sun and scuff down the nearby path to their emerald waves, unmindful of Richard Nixon, who stirs beyond the fence in the skeletal complex that used to be the Western White House...
...emerald tide in Atlantic City, the only U.S. city outside Nevada that permits casino gambling, has not escaped the attention of other states. A group called Let's Help Florida, which hopes to rejuvenate decaying Miami Beach with casino gambling, claims to have enough voters' signatures to hold a referendum on the issue this November. But Governor Reubin Askew is organizing a statewide campaign to fight the proposal. The New York legislature has approved a state constitutional amendment to allow casinos. If the same measure is approved a second time, next year, as required by state...
...racing is quite popular in Ireland, as well as the U.S., and it's common to see the word "Imp." (import) in the program next to a dog's name, indicating that he hails from the Emerald Isle. Donald P. (for Patrick, of course) Cuddy, a Dubliner, has been in this country since 1969 racing his dogs. Sitting next to the track in his tweed jacket, drinking a cup of hot chocolate, Cuddy speaks in a gentle brogue about his 44 years in the dog business...
...snow-bound Crimson golf team will be escaping Cambridge over the spring break for those Elysian Fields of golf, the emerald fairways of Florida. The eight golfers embarking on the Southern sojourn look to be the nucleus of Harvard's strongest squad since the Crimson qualified for the NCAA tournament four years...