Word: landing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Vainglorious Lout. Up & down the land from a thousand wagons and soapboxes her rich voice called for Home Rule. "Thousands who come to see this new wonder, a beautiful woman who makes speeches," wrote Yeats, "remain to listen with delight. . . . The papers of Russia, France, Germany and even Egypt quote her speeches, and the tale of Irish wrongs has found its way hither and thither...
...more than a month, mayhem and murder, rape and robbery had been rampant in Indianapolis and surrounding Marion County. Husbands armed themselves, then armed their wives. People bought watchdogs. Locksmiths did a land-office business and householders chained their doors at night. From exclusive Meridian Hills to Pat Ward's Bottoms, nerves were taut. Indianapolis had escaped race trouble during the war, but all the ingredients for an explosion were there...
...year's first snow fell into white robes for the Alps, grey slush for Munich streets. In Marburg an optimistic apple tree bloomed. In the whole land, the tree was perhaps the most optimistic note...
...Tongue, or Out. All over the land last week, sportwriters were primping and smoothing the cowlicks on their local heroes, like a roomful of jealous mothers trying to get baby elected No. 1 at a baby show. Obviously, no bad player would make All-America. The difficulty, except in a few obvious choices, was in distinguishing among the good, and arbitrarily conferring greatness on a few. The campaigning was already about over. Said one All-America committeeman last week: "If a guy isn't on everyone's tongue after the first six games, then...
...most active Catholic laymen last week: "Out of 27 million Spaniards, there are only 25,000 Protestants in Spain-most of them foreigners. We Catholics lived peacefully with the Protestants while they limited themselves to the practice of their cult. But when they tried to convert Spain into a land of missions, we Catholics are obliged to go on guard and ask strict compliance with the law on behalf of internal peace...