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...granted in 1932. If they find what they are looking for, the discovery could help redeem the country. In the meantime they could do worse than heed the word from Cold Comfort Farm: Keep your compost wet. After a hard winter, even a turnip can look like a godsend...
...screaming, 'Stop the war.' Are they right? Maybe so." Today Calley even wonders whether the Vietnamese farmer who wants only to till his land would really suffer under Communism. "It probably wouldn't hurt him a damned bit-compared to a war, Communism could be a godsend...
...papal birth-control teachings, Catholic families, some with incomes of less than $350 a year, often have between eight and 15 children. Thus dowries for marriageable girls are out of the question. Under such conditions, an opportunity to send a daughter off to a European convent was like a godsend-and hundreds of families took advantage...
Platinum Mounting. Well, not entirely. Small country inns, says Ronay, can still be counted on for the old-fashioned superb breakfasts served by "the godsend of a middle-aged woman, almost a nurse, who takes such care you almost want to marry her." In a very few top-drawer London hotels, "reverence is still paid to bacon and eggs -if not to the customer. They set out a piece of toast as if they're mounting it in platinum...
While Jack was ironing out the kink in his swing, the rain was a godsend for still another pro: Florida's Dan Sikes, who was bothered bv dizzy spells, picked up in the second round and auit - only to get a second chance when the round was postponed. He fired a ten-under-par 62 that smashed the West-Chester Country Club record...