Word: interestedness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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What makes truck manufacturers feel best of all is the resurgence of the good old pickup. "This year Mama's interested in pickup trucks," says Chevrolet's new truck-sales manager, O. H. Henry. "They have become a kind of second car." Altogether, some 100,000 new pickups...
The inferior position of the Masters vis-a-vis the administration was illustrated in the HUC-COH debate on seating. Master Smithies asked us why we wanted seating on the Committee. We replied that we wanted to influence the important decisions: funding a new athletic building, constructing the underpass, tenth...
We were left to the cameramen, whose attention we had to vie for, thereby dividing our forces, and the emcee, a middle-aged man named Mr. Earl whose face looked like a birthday cake with all the candles blown out. As he courteously informed whoever might be interested that the...
Mirko came to America in 1957 to organize the University's design courses, although he was already an established sculptor and had designed the famous bronze gates for the Ardeatine Caves in Rome. He teaches because he's interested in students and wants to give them "something different [in training...
Blunden's revival technique in this historical novel is remarkably restrained. Even when dealing with the ship's celebrated Captain James Cook, he has refused all concession to the popular taste for heightening drama and homogenizing history. As a consequence, the book may be read only by Blunden...