Word: hawking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Philadelphia. His son, also Charles, grew up and headed West to seek his fortune. When he got to Sullivan, he ran out of money, went to work as a hired hand on the farm of Major Addison McPheeters, a Scots settler who won his spurs in the Black Hawk War. Before long, Charles Shuman married the major's daughter Mary and took over the farm. They had three children, one of whom was Bliss, Charlie Shuman's father...
...Force Phantom had on July 24. The flight was out of range of any of the North Vietnamese missile sites so far identified by U.S. aerial intelligence, leading to the conclusion that Russia is supplying Ho Chi Minh with mobile surface-to-air missiles, much like the U.S.-built Hawk missile units that were installed in South Viet Nam last February. The sobering fact is that at present the U.S. military has no certain means of determining just where Ho's missiles...
...what? As the fiery, hawk-faced ex-Premier told it, Petroulas was a martyr in the cause of "the people," as represented by himself, v. 25-year-old King Constantine. "I am the embodiment of democracy," announced Papandreou. "The love of the people for me has no precedent in the history of Greece...
...Your story did not contain even a scintilla on North Carolina's historic and famed Outer Banks, to wit, Cape Hatteras, Kitty Hawk (Wright Brothers), Roanoke Island (site of the first English colonization), and Ocracoke (last of the Eastern frontiers). This enchanting area is not reserved for the affluent society, but is a haven for all who appreciate adventure and solitude...
...painting reflects a mercurial temperament tinged with bitterness. He aimed to please-to a point. He included in St. Anthony the patron who was to donate the work to the church. Drawing the line at flattering the man, Romanino portrayed him, standing at the foot of the saint, as hawk-nosed, heavy-jowled and haughty...