Word: land
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...carpenter, whom Ye reformed.Two rooms have been added to one end of the little church, one for Ye to live in, another for his study. The steeple was twisted by a high wind and must be somewhat altered in design.There is a cabbage crop planted on the plot of land (donated by the U.S. Army) where the factory will be, and the foundation-laying must await the harvest...
Room for Lots More. In Peacock Station, Va., Farmer Paul Rhinehart, 76, stood before a rachitic barn and pointed to Marian and Irma Zielezinski, who were feeding a yardful of clamorous chickens. Said he: "Here I was with 600 acres of the best land in northern Virginia. I just decided to get ahead of Congress in this building-a-new-world business...
...Jewish state sat down at a long table on a raised dais. Over their heads were white Zionist flags bearing two pale blue stripes and a blue Star of David. The assemblage rose to sing the Zionist anthem Hatikvah-"The ancient longing will be fulfilled, to return to the land ... of our fathers...
Most Zionists might also welcome Abdullah's occupation of Arab parts of Palestine. He has a name among Arabs of being too friendly to the Jews. In 1933-until outraged fellow Arabs forced him to renege-he leased 22½ square miles of Transjordan land to the Jews. Both Abdullah and Jewish leaders, as the two dominant contenders for Palestine, knew that in the long run they would have to agree to live side by side. To mollify his Arab allies, Abdullah would have to breathe anti-Zionist fire. But he was a reluctant dragon. While he talked...
...Land of Tourists. By this month's end, cruise ships of Canada Steamship Lines will enter the Saguenay, their rails lined with the first of the season's 250,000 tourists, mostly from the U.S. Off the frowning, forbidding, 2,000-foot cliff of Cape Eternity, the ships will slow down. Their jazz orchestras will grind out Ave Maria and searchlights will play on a statue of the Virgin placed high on Cape Trinity by an habitant grateful for his recovery after a fall through the Saguenay's ice. Then the whistles will sound, while passengers marvel...