Word: failed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...story on the basis of very personal observation, and on the basis of the very personal suffering he underwent during World War II at the scene of the story. But for Mr. Grossman's great talent, there would have been no Shop on Main Street, and I fail to comprehend why the American habit of giving credit where credit is due is being so flagrantly overlooked in this case...
Puppets & Bells. The Fisher-trained teacher going into a village does not make a sales pitch but lets puppets do his talking. The school has a puppetry department, and the performances never fail to draw crowds of willing listeners. Then the teacher is ready to begin. Paid between $4 and $13 a month depending on his duties, he usually works by day under a porch awning or in the evening by lantern light. He teaches by phonetic method, drawing the flowery Hindi characters on a blackboard and showing how they are combined into words. When the course is over...
Teutonic Intensity. The West Germans' victory in 1954 did more to reestablish German self-esteem than all the postwar agreements combined. Hoping to become Weltmeister again, the Germans are following the matches with Teutonic intensity. Some have bought a second TV set in case one should fail, spurred perhaps by the tragic case of a 33-year-old leatherworker who hanged himself at his home near Frankfurt after his set went on the blink during one of the opening games...
...make sure that there was enough water for rafting, placed privies at strategic sand bars along the route. For the benefit of anxious photographers, she launched the expedition under a full moon. And she exhorted the reporters: "The management of this trip is not responsible if these elaborate procedures fail to work. In that case, don't blame us. Just put the copy in a bottle and float it down the Rio Grande. Some day, somebody may come upon it and give you a Pulitzer Prize...
...result is a world copper shortage and strong upward push on prices. Earlier this year the price rose to a breath taking 98¾? a lb. on the London Metal Exchange, a small-volume speculative market to which users turn when regular sources fail. In April, Chile, unable to resist temptation, broke a producers' agreement that had pegged the price at 42? a lb., went up to 62?. Zambia then decided to sell at L.M.E. prices, now 72?, and Peru-based companies followed suit. Last week Chile again hiked its price, this time...