Word: facing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...trying to shore up his own status in Communism's labyrinthine society, and if so against whom-against an aggressive Communist China, against restless captive peoples, against hostile Kremlin cliques? Is the sum of Khrushchev's intentions that he means to show that his is the face of the future...
...whisper into the mike and convince a million televiewers that she is alone with each one of them. The songs may be old-They Didn't Believe Me, It's Always You-but the voice comes fresh and insinuating, husky with promise. Under the spotlight, the face may seem sad, even a bit tired, but most men look twice...
...Wall Street. To exist in the new age of missiles, some planemakers have already drastically changed their companies. Some are still hustling to do so, and some face the grim prospect that they must either merge with a bigger company or shut up shop. The change has already begun to cut heavily into profits. The plane industry, said one broker sadly, is the "only industry in a recession." In the first six months of this year, sales of the 15 largest aircraft companies slipped 5% and profits tumbled 45%. Among the giants, General Dynamics' earnings dropped from $20 million...
When he sits down to help judge the world's first international harp competition in Jerusalem next week, U.S. Harpist Carlos Salzedo will face a difficult task. More than a few of the 50 competitors have studied under Salzedo and many are sure to play at least one of the master's compositions. It could be no other way. At 74, the sprightly Basque musician stands at the top of his art, a man who has spent a lifetime studying "the angels' instrument." teaching others to play and the world to enjoy its mellow music. Salzedo. says...
What is there to say about Smaragthi? Beautiful, of course, and so rounded in the right places that even her foster father tries to violate her when, drunk again, he comes home to find her naked and asleep. But even though Smaragthi's face and figure dominate the small fishing village of Skala, she has to share a sensuousness that in the end is bigger and sweeter than she. For Novelist Myrivilis is not just in love with his heroine-he is in love with Greece...