Word: kiting
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...Kite-fliers have been persecuted for centuries. Ben Franklin was among the foremost, and look what happened to him. And New York City has passed a law forbidding adults to fly kites in Central Park unless they are accompanied by a child ten years old or younger. Even the expression "Go fly a kite" has taken on the tone of "Ah, yer mother wears army boots...
...despair not. You can uplift the fallen kite-flier by going to the Graduate School of Design's annual kite-flying contest tomorrow. Schneider's Band leads the grand procession from Robinson Hall at 2 p.m. and will arrive at the Charles...
...visiting grandmother who disapproves of such habits (and drinks 32 cups of coffee a day). Lucy's love for Schroeder goes unrequited; the heart of the little blond pianist belongs only to Beethoven. Charlie Brown's lowpowered positive thinking-"I actually believe that I can fly this kite"-always ends in a tangle of string...
...Kites & Flags. When Pearson's government recently hinted that "the realities of the situation" might force Canada to depart from its policy of nonrecognition of Red China, Diefenbaker rose in Commons to demand "whether this was just a case of kite flying, or does it represent a change of viewpoint on the part of the government?" Replied Pearson: "It does not represent a change of viewpoint." "So it is kite flying," snapped Diefenbaker. When Pearson revealed in the House that the government is making a study of the growing secessionist pressures in French Quebec and how secession would affect...
Poon Yuvaniyom is strictly a chula devotee, and he is an old hand at outwitting wily females. "I'm a man," he says, "and I like male kites." This year's All-Thailand championships started in the middle of April and went on for two weeks. While vendors hawked spiced fish and chicken in the milling throngs of fans, Poon maneuvered the control ropes of his chula with hands callused by 30 years of kiting. He and his Thailand Telephone Organization team had little trouble winning their third straight national title and the King's Cup-thus...