Word: fire
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...water from the session of the "People's Court." It was like seeing a distant silent movie. From Macao, people watched in fascination until a squad of soldiers made the three prisoners rise, march across the parade ground. They were quickly lined up, then a volley of rifle fire cut them down. The commune members dispersed to their barracks...
...California-born Pat Suzuki, 28, is American by instinct, chafed by restrictions, careless of customs, and in a hurry. It is possible to see in Pat and Miyoshi the embodiment of the ancient, universal Chinese principles of Yang and Yin-the opposites of active and passive, sun and shadow, fire and water...
Safety in Numbers. R. & H. did not quite write Flower Drum Song for Pat, but at times it seemed close to becoming her show. As Linda Low-hymning "Grant Avenue, San Francisco" with all the fire-cracking verve of Chinatown itself-Pat worked with so much authority that by the time the show opened in Boston, she was practically in command. Stage mikes had to be turned down to keep her lusty voice somewhere within range of Miyoshi's. "Pat have very very sweet voice when she little girl," says her 66-year-old father, Chiyosaku Suzuki. "I like...
...task unit of U.S. escort carriers east of Leyte. One nosed over into a power dive. As he held his target in sight, the pilot knew every second of the way that he was headed for death. Yet he kept going until he crashed and died amid fire and explosion in the side of the carrier St. Lo. The St. Lo sank. Over a 130-mile front, other Japanese planes dived against her sister carriers. That night, Oct. 25, 1944, Imperial Headquarters in Tokyo announced the launching of the Kamikaze Special Attack Corps, named for the "divine wind" that...
Joke or not, Bullitt seems to be enjoying it. And come January the rat-race will end, amid the cheers and the groans. Meanwhile on our way to classes we can pause for a moment by the workmen's fire and watch the building battle with the elements. It's a good way to warm...