Word: ironization
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...infant, who will be breastfed, will sleep in a century-old, cast-iron cradle in a yellow-and-white nursery bedroom...
...traditions at this Mundial '82 Cup. In what the French are calling "le mundial des surprises," a handful of low-ranked national teams are generating shock waves and upsets. This year, for the first time, the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), soccer's Swiss-based, iron-fisted ruling organization, expanded the number of qualifying first-round teams from 16 to 24. The soccer heavyweights complained. The inclusion of nations such as El Salvador, Northern Ireland and Algeria would merely prolong the first round, they muttered privately. Teams like Cameroon and Kuwait would bore the fans. New Zealand...
...congressional committees and to discuss trends in higher education with other policymakers. He has spent the last year as honorary chairman of the American Council on Education, a political lobbying group. He was a prime mover behind a much publicized March conference between University presidents and industry leaders to iron out a proper relationship between and industry--authored Most recently he has released a book scrutinizing the role of universities in contemporary society reviews of which are beginning to roll...
...some 50 Falklanders living in Port San Carlos. The population is up from an original 30, thanks to recent refugees from Port Stanley. Villagers watch the bombs and antiaircraft fire from their doorways like spectators. But they have adapted to the new conditions, having dug trenches covered with corrugated iron, with 2 ft. of turf over that. Digging is a principal activity in Port San Carlos these days, and it is not always easy going. The earth is spongy. Dig down deeper than 2 ft. in certain areas and you'll have carved yourself a well. Still, there...
...from comedy to sultry mystery in dozens more flicks shot in Europe (Boccaccio '70) and a few in the U.S. (What's New Pussycat?). Twice divorced, Schneider was depressed by the accidental death last July of her son David Haubenstock, 14, who was impaled on a wrought-iron fence while visiting relatives outside Paris...