Word: kit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Francisco and less than four miles from the ranch house of Boyd's friend J. D. Proctor. With them they carried salt, an ax, five knives, 50 ft. of nylon rope, toothbrushes, a ball of twine and-for emergencies-a sealed rifle, a flashlight and a first-aid kit...
...club, somewhat surprisingly, approved. Soon there were 150 inquiries from adventurous yachtsmen as far away as California, and hungry would-be sponsors clamored for a slice of the publicity pie. RCA offered radios, Autolite supplied batteries, and Plymouth Gin solicitously insisted on stocking each boat with a "survival kit"-one part gin, one part vermouth, and a guide to martini mixing...
...Tyburn Tree. The acme of the hangman's art was to cut his man down and eviscerate him while still alive; a priest was once heard saying his prayers even as his heart palpitated in the hangman's palm. Ben Jonson killed a man in a duel; "Kit" Marlowe was stabbed to death in a tavern" brawl. The Elizabethans lived dangerously, and while they lived, they were asmile with daring. Shakespeare held a magnifying glass to the spirit of his age, and set the unroofed circle of the Globe's "wood en O" blazing with his Muse...
...Chinese mainland. Ever since Mao Tse-tung launched his drive to force peasants off their land and into communes two years ago, the trickle has averaged 200 a month. But in recent weeks the slow flow has tripled and quadrupled. Among the recent refugees was one Kou Kong-kit, 20. Kou's story...
...Sore. In Detroit, Private Detective ames Kimble, 37, complained that a thief had broken into his car and stolen his kit containing a magnifying glass, fingerprinting tools, his diploma and badge...