Word: lawns
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...march swung past the White House where President Nixon was preparing to leave for a Governors' conference from the lawn, the tanned, shaggy vets were suddenly face to face with more than 100 startled Daughters of the American. Revolution...
Just when it seemed that life was about over for Sanford Darling, it started all over again. It happened one day when Darling, already 68 years old, was standing on his front lawn, trying to decide what color to paint his house. He stood there stooped, red-faced and wrinkled from a not very eventful life: a poor, fatherless adolescence; ten restless years as a chiropractor, a calling that he gave up because the hours were too long; 27 years as a technician for Mobil Oil, interrupted by frequent golf and fishing trips; the death, on his retirement...
Since Sanford began his project eight years ago, he has covered his house and possessions with more than 1,000 pictures. Eight thousand people, including Muhammad Ali, "an ambassador and a European prince," have come to see them; all have been greeted by signs on the front lawn that say "Welcome!" "Free!" and "Come right in!" At 76, his golf cap, pants and shirt speckled with house paint, Sanford Darling seems to be at peace with himself. "There's so much to paint yet," he says. "Why, I haven't even started on the bedrooms. What...
This fall Cavanagh was placed fifth in the New England Lawn Tennis Association's pre-season rankings. With Fish, the Crimson doubles team had been ranked seventh...
...party workers beat drums, danced in the streets and showered her with marigolds, Mrs. Gandhi appeared on the lawn of her modest bungalow in New Delhi gowned in a gay red and yellow sari. "I am not the least surprised," she told newsmen, though many observers had feared that her decision to hold elections a full year ahead of schedule was a dangerous gamble. Those who predicted her defeat, she suggested, might "eat crow." In truth, the victory was far beyond the expectations of even her most optimistic advisers. Nobody expected Indira to be defeated, but some figured that...