Word: finest
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...birthplace, with cicadas chirping hi the spotlighted trees and the lush coastal Bermuda grass, the last of these desires seems to be the only one unfulfilled. Near by is a ring for his quarter horses and another ring for showing his cattle. "I think I've got the finest herd of young bulls hi the country," the master breeder proudly boasts of his shiny red Santa Gertrudis cattle. He and Nellie have three children and seven grandchildren.* They are avid antique collectors, and their home, furnished partly from their travels and partly from carefully following estate auctions, contains screens from...
...Lord. It is an accusation. "Woe to those who are at ease in Zion," wrote the prophet Amos, "and to those who feel secure on the mountain of Samaria. Woe to those who lie upon beds of ivory, who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the finest oils...
Your list contains not one member of this nation's finest school of leadership, the military...
...between, there have been two other mountings of The Tempest--in 1960 and 1971. The version that Edward Payson Call directed in 1971 was largely a failure, but William Ball had managed in 1960 to turn out the finest Tempest I have ever seen, thanks to a strong cast headed by Morris Carnovsky's Prospero, Clayton Corzatte's Ariel, and Earle Hyman's Caliban. And this despite the ill-advised total omission of the opening storm scene...
...SINGAPORE. Its small army of 30,000 is by far the finest in non-Communist Southeast Asia. Both the army and air force have an impressive armory, including 75 AMX-13 tanks, 530 personnel carriers, 60 155-mm howitzers and 103 modern combat aircraft. Though Singapore is spending over $400 million a year on its tough little army, one U.S. specialist notes that "it doesn't have that much to offer in terms of quantity that would make the difference...