Word: junks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Most of Auntie Fannie's legatees, of course, came in with items that were what an auction house employee delicately called "more decorative than collective"-meaning junk. One elderly couple thrust a collection of cups and dishes at Porcelain Expert Armin Allen and proclaimed, "These, young man, are very, very old." After examining the china, Allen observed diplomatically that "it says 'Made in Germany,' and it was not until the beginning of the 20th century that such a marking appeared." Another Parke Bernet diplomat, after examining a ring that its owner believed to be antique amber, said...
...remaining clubs in the division will be tuned into Curt Gowdy's play-by-play next October. The Cubs should be happy the Phils are in the league or Wrigley's boys would definitely be "double mint, double good, double last," in the 1974 campaign. True, Chicago did junk that disgruntled pair of Ron Santo and Ferguson Jenkins on Unfortunate American League chumps. But the Cubs failed to capitalize on their close-out sale and will be knocking on the Phillies' dungeon door all season long...
...experiences of Vivaldo Meneses, a welder and iron craftsman who came to Cambridge five years ago, illustrate the housing problems the Portuguese immigrants face in Cambridge. "We paid a lot of money in rent for a junk house when we first came here," Meneses recalls. "The landlord wanted to sell the house so he didn't want to do anything to it. I paid $110 a month and there was no good electricity or heat in the apartment. When I repaired the house myself, the landlord charged more rent. He said the taxes went up. Most of the Portuguese people...
...often corrupt. Says one American expert: "There is no leadership. The army has no idea what to do." Moreover, the quality of the government's equipment leaves a bit to be desired. As one Pentagon official puts it: "The Cambodians are fighting with the biggest museum of junk you ever saw." Their air force, for instance, consists of 20 or so pre-Korean-War-vintage T-28 fighter-bombers, a few DC-3s that have been converted into gunships, and Piper Cubs that are used for aerial reconnaissance...
...apartment you can't do too much to change things," explains Architect Marvin Ullman, who remodeled another old junk shop and furnished it with sanded wooden soap crates. "Here, there is a third dimension that comes from the space and lends itself to creating...